Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough, was an Anglo-Irish peer who played first-class cricket 1834–56 for Surrey, Cambridge Town Club, Cambridge University (CUCC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
The Old Stagers (OS) is an amateur theatre group, founded in 1842 by Hon. Frederick Ponsonby to perform during Kent's annual Canterbury Cricket Week. Originally the Canterbury Old Stagers, it took its current name in 1851. It claims to be the oldest surviving amateur dramatic company in the world, having staged its first shows in Canterbury in 1842. It has continued to give annual performances since. It now stages its plays at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury.
Sir Edward Chandos Leigh was a British aristocrat of the Victorian era, a barrister by profession, and a first-class cricketer. He served as President of MCC for 1887–88.
Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' club, having no home ground.
Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played 74 times for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1928, captaining the county in 1927; he also made a single appearance each for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and HK Foster's XI.
Sir Francis Eden Lacey was an English cricketer, cricket administrator and barrister. Lacey played first-class cricket for Hampshire from 1880 to 1896, either side of the club losing its first-class status between 1886 and 1894; it was during this period that he captained Hampshire in 1888 and 1889. A prolific batsman for Hampshire, he scored over 2,000 runs for the county in 33 first-class appearances, which included a double century against Kent in 1884. As a roundarm slow bowler, he also took 45 wickets for Hampshire, including three five wicket hauls. He made additional appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), amongst others. In a minor fixture against Norfolk he made 323 runs, which remains the highest individual score in second-class county cricket.
Two English cricket teams toured Australia in 1887–88. They are generally known as A. Shrewsbury's XI and G. F. Vernon's XI. Shrewsbury's XI also visited New Zealand in March.
The England cricket team in Australia in 1886–87, generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI, was described by Wisden as "one of the strongest that ever left England for the Colonies". The team played 10 first-class matches, winning 6 with 2 draws and 2 defeats. It was the 9th English team to visit Australia, the first tour having occurred in the summer of 1861–62.
The Adelaide Rowing Club (ARC) is a rowing club located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Patron of the ARC is the Right Honourable former Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr Martin Haese.
The Rev. Cloudesley Dewar Bullock Marsham was an English amateur cricketer who played mainly for Oxford University Cricket Club, The Gentlemen and England in the period between 1854 and 1866.
Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, was an English cricketer and civil servant. He was born in 1824 in Mayfair, the sixth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough.
The Incogniti cricket club was founded in 1861. It claims to be the third oldest "wandering" cricket club – a nomadic cricket club without its own home ground – after I Zingari and Free Foresters. However, this is inaccurate as the Band of Brothers CC of Kent founded in 1858.
Henry Arkwright was an English amateur first-class cricketer. He made seventeen appearances between 1858 and 1866. He is one of only three cricketers to have taken 18 first-class wickets in a match.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Isham Edwards was Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria from 1895 to 1901.
Henry Fitzroy James Langley was an English cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches during the 1866 Canterbury Cricket Week. In the first of the two matches, he appeared for I Zingari, a wandering amateur cricket club, playing as a specialist batsman, albeit low in the batting order. He scored four runs in the match, although he was not out without scoring in the second innings. In his following match, he batted as number eleven for the Marylebone Cricket Club, and made a duck in the first innings, before once again remaining not out without scoring in the second innings. He continued to play for I Zingari on a number of occasions between 1866 and 1878. He made his highest score for the club in an 1871 match against Huntingdonshire, when he remained 27 not out. He served in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 20 November 1884.
Eustace Charles Mordaunt was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club at the turn of the 20th century.
Edward May Dewing was an English first-class cricketer and antiquarian.
John Henry Ponsonby-Fane was an English first-class cricketer and noted malacologist.
Archibald Hope Gibson was a Canadian first-class cricketer.
