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Peter Jackson: Peter Squires, a true local hero

Peter Squires shall forever stand out among England’s true all-rounders, the first county cricketer to play a Test match for the Lions and, most definitely, the last.
Peter Squires

Peter Squires shall forever stand out among England’s true all-rounders, the first county cricketer to play a Test match for the Lions and, most definitely, the last.

In doing so, he went one better than Andrew Stoddart, a renowned England batsman during the early years of The Ashes.
He captained his country at both sports and the first British rugby team to tour Australia and New Zealand in 1888, a five-month, 35-match trip limited to non-Test opposition.
Dusty Hare, the most prodigious of all goalkickers who played 10 county matches as a batsman for Nottinghamshire, came closest to matc...

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