OCC Players who have gone on to play at higher levels

The following is a list is compiled of Oswestry Cricket Club cricketers those who have played senior level cricket for Shropshire, other Minor Counties, A List Clubs and First Class Cricket including international teams before, during or after their time at Oswestry. The list covers the period from 1855 to 2025 however it has been created from research and may not be fully comprehensive, so therefore we invite people to contact us with details of other players who should feature on this ‘Honors’ List

A

Rev. J. Alban	Shropshire
Rev. M. E. Alban	Shropshire
D.J. Ashley	Shropshire and Minor Counties XI
J.T Aspinall	Shropshire

B

D. Barr	Scotland and Royal Army
Rev. H.F. Bennett	Shropshire and Worcestershire
R. E. Bowen	Shropshire (Also played Rugby Union and Hockey for Shropshire)

C

P. A. Cadwalader	Shropshire
J. D. Carrasco	Shropshire [Capt]
J. Cassiem	Boland; South Africa
J. Charles	Shropshire
A. E. Clapp	Shropshire and Somerset Oswestry Club Professional
J. C. M. Clarke	Shropshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, England U19's and England Lions
R. L. Clarke	Shropshire
R. X. Clarke	Shropshire, Cornwall, Worcestershire II, Somerset II, Cardiff UCCE and England U16's
Rev. F.B. Corfield	Shropshire

D

H. C. Darley	Shropshire and Worcestershire II
B. G. Davies	Shropshire
C. Davies	Shropshire
R. O. Davies	Shropshire Oswestry Club Professional
J. M. Davison	Victoria, South Australia and Canada

F	F

W. J. A. France	Shropshire
W. F. S. Fynn	Shropshire and Eastern Province S.A.

G

A. Gledhill	Shropshire
H. Gough	Shropshire
R. T. Gough	Shropshire Also Football for Wales and President of Wales F.A.
W. G. Gough	Shropshire
M. Gillison	Shropshire
M. Gregson	Shropshire
W. Griffiths	Shropshire
R. T. C. Groves	Shropshire

H

B. J. Hare	Shropshire Also Association football Blue for Oxford
O. Harrison	Shropshire D40 Team, and England Trasnsplant Team - Played in the 2025 Ashes
P. J. Hayes	Suffolk and Cambridge Uni
G. H. Hayhurst-France	Shropshire and Essex
J. A. Hulme	Shropshire, Gloucestershire II, Hampshire II, and English Schools Cricket X1
W.S.M Holmes	Shropshire
S. Hussain	Rawalpindi and Pakistan A
A. Huxley	Shropshire

J

M. A. Johnson	Worcestershire and Western Australia
R. T. Jones	Shropshire, Staffordshire and Oxford Uni

L

D. J. Laird	Shropshire
L. E. Lenham	Sussex
C. F. H. Leslie	Shropshire, Oxford Uni, Middlesex and England
Brig-Gen Sir Francis Lloyd	Shropshire
Dr J. D. S. Lloyd	Shropshire
T. A. Lloyd	Shropshire, Warwickshire, Orange Free State, and England
R. Lockley	Shropshire
F. C. Lyon	Shropshire

M

E. Marsh	Shropshire, Kent II, Somerset II, Oxford Uni and UAU Also All England Rugby Fives Champion
C. Matthews	Nottinghamshire
J. S. Miles	Shropshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Surrey II, MCC Young Cricketers and Unicorns
C. Morris	Shropshire

O

G. Owen	Shropshire
W. D. Owen	Shropshire) Also Football for Wales

P

M. A. Pasha	Madhya Pradesh
Rev. A. E. Payne	Shropshire [Capt], and M.C.C
I. R. Payne	Shropshire [Capt], Surrey and Gloucestershire
H. J. Phillips	Shropshire and England O.70's Also Rugby Union for Shropshire
J.G Pitchford	Shropshire and Staffordshire Oswestry Club Professional
B.W.W. Platt	Shropshire
B.W. Poll	Buckinghamshire and Minor Counties South
A. G. Price	Shropshire

R

B. Roberts	Shropshire, Wales M.C and Lancashire II
G. E. Robinson	Shropshire, and Oxford Uni
M. A. Robinson	Shropshire and Glamorgan II

S

H.W. Sabine	Shropshire Also Played Football for Wales
R. W. Sale	Oxford Uni, Warwickshire and Derbyshire
L. Samarakoon	Galle and Sri Lanka A
A.Selby	Shropshire and the Army
M. Sellon	Shropshire
R. K. Sethi	Shropshire, Kenya and East Africa
J. D. Shantry	Shropshire and Worcestershire
L.J. Sheather	Shropshire and Canada
R. K. Singh	Rajasthan, Goa, Central Zone and India A
D. Suter	Shropshire

T

W. Trevor	Shropshire Also Played Rugby Union Blue for Cambridge
T. Thomas	Bedfordshire
R. D. Topham	Oxford Uni

V

D.J Vart	Shropshire
G. R. Venables	Shropshire and Herefordshire
Maj J.D Venables	Shropshire
R. G. Venables	Shropshire and Cornwall

W

R. I. Walker	Wales M.C, Glamorgan, Leicestershire and England U19's
G. V Wilkinson	Shropshire
C. H. Wright	Shropshire

With special thanks to John Hulme, Tony Percival and the Association of Cricket
Statisticians and Historians.