Pro Footballers/Cricketers

[supaseagull]

I'm having a discussion here at work as to the name of the player who played for the Albion AND for Sussex...does anyone know who this was?

 

[Titanic]

Dennis Foreman

 

[Gritt23]

Dennis Foreman

Correct.

He was also my PE teacher at school.

 

[Mark the cab]

donald bates

 

[Storer68]

Tommy Cook

and he played football for England

and he shot himself

 

[Questions]

Tommy Cook

and he played football for England

and he shot himself

What ? Instead of passing it.

 

[itszamora]

Wouldn't surprise me if Joe Gatting falls into this category soon as well.

 

[steward 433]

Didn't Botham play league football at one point?

If memory serves was it Scunthorpe?

 

[Dave the OAP]

there have been many....The Compton Twins( Arsenal and england) Arnie Sidebottom( Huddersfield/Manu etc al) and played for Yorkshire, Didnt Nicky Rust play for Surrey? my godfather Chris Balderstone played for Carlisle in teh First Division and Leicestershire.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I remember Chris balderstone.

There was also the WBA and tranmere keeper Jim Cumbes who used to start his footie season once his cricket season had finished.

 

[clapham_gull]

Didn't Botham play league football at one point?

If memory serves was it Scunthorpe?

 

[steward 433]

WAHAY not losing my memory then :yahoo:

 

[clapham_gull]

Daley Thompson was on Mansfields book.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Ken Suttle played three games for the Albion in 1949.

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ken Suttle

 

[beardy gull]

Dennis Foreman

Denis Foreman | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Just had a nice chat with the fella whilst washing my car. Seems I live in the same house his mates did when he came over to Brighton after the war. Looking well for 78 I must say.

 

[Titanic]

Wouldn't surprise me if Joe Gatting falls into this category soon as well.

 

[Fawkesy]

Joe Gatting

 

[Gritt23]

Denis Foreman | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Just had a nice chat with the fella whilst washing my car. Seems I live in the same house his mates did when he came over to Brighton after the war. Looking well for 78 I must say.

Excellent, is he a neighbour of yours, or did he just happen to be passing?

 

[Gwylan]

Don Bates played for Albion (in the promotion season at the end of the 50s) and for Sussex.

If you're looking for pro cricketers who played for Albion, you should include Graham Cross. He played several games for Leicestershire - but none for Sussex.

In the 60s, there were loads of people who played football and cricket: Foreman, Cumbes and Baldestone have been mentioned. Two other players were Jim Standen and Ted Hemsley. Geoff Hurst played one game for Essex. Arthur Milton (who played football for England) was a Gloucestershire regular until the 70s, as was Barrie Meyer (who played for Bristol City). A little later, Phil Neale played for Worcestershire and Lincoln City. I'm sure there were several more but I can't recall them for the moment.

 

[Brovion]

I think Chris Balderstone was the last person to play top-flight football (for Carlisle when they were in Division One) and cricket for England (two tests in 1976). Can't think of anyone else who's done it since.

Who was the last dual-international?