I was brought up in Leicestershire and I used to play for the county team at Under 15 to Under 19 level. |
Leicestershire won by an innings and 151 runs after amassing 681-7 declared which is the highest score ever made against Yorkshire by any county. |
Centuries to Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn kept Leicestershire on the hop as Australia amassed 7 for 582, scoring 413 runs in the day. |
Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and to a lesser extent East Anglia, are full of place-names ending in by, thorp, and other Scandinavian elements. |
In 1809 we find him established as a lace-manufacturer at Loughborough, in Leicestershire. |
He took a wicket with his first ball of the match, trapping Robinson leg before after Leicestershire decided to bat first at Grace Road. |