Richard Nyren

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Richard Nyren (born c.1734 at Eartham, Sussex; died April 25, 1797 in Kent) was an English cricketer.

A genuine all-rounder and the earliest known lefthander of note, Nyren was the captain of Hambledon during its heyday in the 1760s and 1770s. Indeed, he was known as the club's general.

Richard Nyren was a nephew of the noted Slindon player Richard Newland. He moved to Hambledon from Sussex sometime before 1770 and was "mine host" of the famous Bat and Ball Inn which is still open for business immediately next to the Hambledon Club's ground at Broadhalfpenny Down.

His son, John Nyren, was the author of The Cricketers of My Time.

English cricketers of 1761 to 1786

Edward "Curry" Aburrow | Henry Attfield | James Aylward | William Barber | Bayton | William Bedster | Francis Booker | John Boorman William Bowra | William Brazier | Thomas Brett | William Bullen | Childs | Robert Clifford | Samuel Colchin | Duke of Dorset John Edmeads | John Frame | Richard Francis | David Harris | William Hogsflesh | Lamborn | George Leer | George Louch Sir Horatio Mann | Noah Mann | Richard Miller | John Minshull | Muggeridge | Richard Nyren | William Palmer | Thomas Pattenden Richard Purchase | Thomas Quiddington | Joey Ring | Richard Simmons | John Small | Edward "Lumpy" Stevens | Peter Stewart Tom Sueter | Earl of Tankerville | Thomas Taylor | Richard Aubrey Veck | "Shock" White | Thomas "Daddy" White John Wood of Seal | John (Thomas) Wood | William Yalden

[edit] References

• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
• Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
• The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote (GDC)
• John Nyren's "The Cricketers of my Time" by Ashley Mote