David Lloyd (cricketer, born 1947) David Lloyd (cricketer, born 1947) David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is an English former cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. He is known through the cricketing world as "Bumble" because of the ostensible similarity between his facial profile and those of the Bumblies, characters from Michael Bentine's children's television programmes. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played nine Tests, with a highest score of 214 not out, and eight One Day International matches. In first-class cricket he was a
Nickname personal names from nicknames that became proper names out of former nicknames. English examples are Bob and Rob, nickname variants for Robert. The compound word "ekename", literally meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English phrase "eaca" "an increase", related to "eacian" "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the pronunciation and meaning of the word have remained relatively stable ever since. To inform an audience or readership of a