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 X1)

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. Cadwaladr         (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

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

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 Staffs)       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 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 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.