Who was the first cricketer to play 100 tests for England?
Colin Cowdrey a courtesy title). Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a
George Moore (cricketer) Cummins and Charlie Macartney, played first-class cricket, with the latter going on to play 35 Tests for Australia. Macartney had been taught to play cricket by Moore with a small hand-crafted cedar bat and apples from the family orchard. Moore's younger brother, Jemmy Moore, joined his brother in Australia, with he and his children, Leon and Bill Moore, all playing cricket for New South Wales. George Moore (cricketer) George Moore (18 April 1820 – 29 September 1916) was an Australian cricketer who played three first-class matches for New South Wales during the early 1870s. Born in Bedfordshire, England, he emigrated