- Richard Newland
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country = England
fullname = Richard Newland
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yearofbirth = 1718
placeofbirth =Slindon ,Sussex
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yearofdeath = 1791
placeofdeath =Bath, Somerset
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26 June
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source = T J McCannRichard Newland (born 1718; christened
2 March 1718 atSlindon ,Sussex ; died29 May 1791 at Bath) was an Englishcricket er in the mid-Georgian period who played forSlindon Cricket Club and Sussex under the patronage ofCharles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond . He also represented various All-England teams.Family
Two of his brothers, Adam (born 1714) and John (born 1717), played for Slindon but little is known of them apart from what appears in the match reports. The Newland brothers were the uncles of
Richard Nyren , who later became the team captain at Hambledon. Their sister Susan married Richard Nyren senior of Eartham, which is near Slindon .The earliest recorded mention of the Newland brothers is in a letter dated Thursday
9 July 1741 from the Duchess of Richmond to her husband. She mentions a conversation with John Newland re a Slindon v East Dean match a week earlier at Long Down, near Eartham, SussexTimothy J McCann , "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004] .Career
In the 1740s Richard Newland was "the most famous player in England" H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962] . He was an outstanding all-rounder who batted left-handed (his bowling hand and style are unknown). He excelled at both
single wicket and the eleven-a-side game.Newland played for All-England against Kent in [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/0/1.html the match] at the
Artillery Ground in 1744Arthur Haygarth , "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)", Lillywhite, 1862] . In "Cricket, An Heroic Poem" (1745) by James Love, which commemorated the match, Newland is described as "the champion", a soubriquet later applied toW G Grace .References
External links
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31699/31699.html "CricketArchive" profile of Richard Newland]
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18108.html "CricInfo" profile of Richard Newland]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/biog.html#newland From Lads to Lord's]Further reading
* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1962
*Derek Birley , "A Social History of English Cricket", Aurum, 1999
*Timothy J McCann , "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004
*David Underdown , "Start of Play", Allen Lane, 2000
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