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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

Timeline of Events

1907

6.11.1907

George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.

1923

2.5.1923

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

1928

7.27.1928

Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.

1929

5.14.1929

Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.