The Nondescripts

Named for the 19th-century London-based team the 'Nondescripts Cricket Club'. The Nondescripts were a 'wandering' cricket club with no fixed ground and a team composed of players of all standards. They play the role of the 'Owzthat Home Team'.

 

Founded: Owzthat Game #1

Captain: CB Fry

Home Ground: No fixed venue

Club Colours

 

 

Matches Won Lost Drawn
 2  2  0

Openers - Batsmen

Sir Isaac Newton FRS. A 'natural philosopher,' widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

 

Debut: 

Left Handed Batsman

Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster. An Old Etonian further educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. An English Gentleman.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman

Sherlock Holmes. A private detective with a proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning. Named for two Nottinghamshire players, Mordecai Sherwin and Frank Shacklock.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman

 

Top Order - Batsmen

Cary Grant. Known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men and member of the Hollywood Cricket Club.

 

Debut:

Left Handed Batsman

 

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh. A writer of novels, biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books.

 

Debut:

Right Handed Batsman

 

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE. An author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman

 

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, "Madame de Pompadour." Mistress to Louis XV , patron of the philosophies of the enlightenment, architecture and the decorative arts.

 

Debut:

Right Handed Batsman - Right-Arm Medium

Middle Order - All Rounders

Charles Burgess "CB" Fry. Sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher. Probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman - Right-Arm Fast-Medium

Reginald Jeeves. A "gentleman's personal gentleman" and a "personal gentleman's gentleman". Jeeves is a valet to 'Bertie' Wooster of the Drones Club.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman - Right Arm Off-Break

Middle Order - Wicket Keepers

Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO. Salesman, soldier and fashion designer, dressmaker to the Queen.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman

 

Dr. John H. Watson. A former soldier who is athletic & strongly built with a thick, strong neck and a moustache. A companion of Sherlock Holmes. Intelligent, discreet & honourable - a safe pair of hands.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman

 

Lower Order - Bowlers

Charles Hoy Fort. Writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena - Forteana.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman - Right-Arm Leg Break

 

Dud Dudley. Soldier, engineer, metallurgist, ironmaster, alchemist and bastard. He was one of the first Englishmen to smelt iron ore using coke.

 

Debut: 

Left Handed Batsman - Left-Arm Orthodox Spin

 

Charles Robert Darwin, FRS FRGS FLS FZS. A naturalist and geologist best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman - Right-Arm Medium-Fast

 

John  "Mad Jack" Mytton. Soldier, politician, gambler, spendthrift, notable eccentric and rake of the Regency period.

 

Debut: 

Left Handed Batsman - Left-Arm Unorthodox Spin

 

Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE. Soldier, adventurer, horseman, linguist, fornicator and the first cricketer to ever record a "hat-trick".

 

Debut: 

Right Handed Batsman - Right-Arm Fast

 

Batting Figures

  Matches

Runs

Scored

Batting

Average

50's 100's Top Score
Sir I Newton             
BW Wooster            
S Holmes            
C Grant            
AE Waugh            
Sir PG Wodehouse            
Mdm de Pompadour            
CB Fry            
R Jeeves            
Sir EH Amies            
Dr JH Watson            
CH Fort            
D Dudley            
CR Darwin            
AA Milne            
J Mytton            
Sir HP Flashman            

Bowling Figures

 

Balls

Bowled

Wickets

Runs

Conceded

Bowling

Average

5 Wicket

Matches

10 wicket

Matches

Best Bowling
Sir I Newton               
BW Wooster              
S Holmes              
C Grant              
AE Waugh              
Sir PG Wodehouse              
Mdm de Pompadour              
CB Fry              
R Jeeves              
Sir EH Amies              
Dr JH Watson              
CH Fort              
D Dudley              
CR Darwin              
AA Milne              
J Mytton              
Sir HP Flashman              

Fielding Figures

 

 

 Catches

Stumpings
Sir I Newton     
BW Wooster    
S Holmes    
C Grant    
AE Waugh    
Sir PG Wodehouse    
Mdm de Pompadour    
CB Fry    
R Jeeves    
Sir EH Amies    
Dr JH Watson    
CH Fort    
D Dudley    
CR Darwin    
AA Milne    
J Mytton    
Sir HP Flashman