List of English cricket and football players

C. B. Fry represented England at both cricket and football, and also held the world record for the long jump.

This is a list of sportsmen who have played both first-class cricket and top level football in England. The list includes twelve sportsmen who are dual internationals, having represented England's national team at both sports.

Footballers who have not competed at a professional level in the Football League are only eligible for inclusion if they have represented the England national football team.

Double internationals

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile[1]
Football club/team Football
profile[2]
Johnny Arnold
Andy Ducat
C. B. Fry
Tip Foster
Leslie Gay
Billy Gunn
Wally Hardinge
Alfred Lyttelton
Harry Makepeace
Arthur Milton
Jack Sharp
Willie Watson

England cricket team / Professional football

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile
Football club/team Football
profile
Les Ames
David Bairstow
Chris Balderstone
Ian Botham
Brian Close
Denis Compton
Jack Durston
Laurie Fishlock
Patsy Hendren
Harry Howell
Walter Keeton
Phil Mead
Cyril Poole
Walter Robins
Mordecai Sherwin
Arnie Sidebottom
David Smith
Micky Stewart
William Storer
Frank Sugg
Ken Taylor

First-class cricket / England football team

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile
Football club/team Football
profile
C. W. Alcock
Claude Ashton
Morton Betts
Francis Birley
George Brann
John Brockbank
Cuthbert Burnup
Lindsay Bury
Raich Carter
Charles Chenery
Leslie Compton
Tommy Cook
Norman Cooper
George Cotterill
Arthur Cursham
Henry Cursham
Harry Daft
John Devey
Percy de Paravicini
John Dixon
Graham Doggart
Ted Drake
William Foulke
Monty Garland-Wells
Billy George
John Goodall
R. Cunliffe Gosling
Leonard Graham
Arthur Grimsdell
  • East of England cricket team
Fred Hargreaves
Stanley Harris
Edward Haygarth
Mike Hellawell
Arthur Henfrey
Gordon Hodgson
Anthony Hossack
Eric Houghton
Leonard Howell
Geoff Hurst
James Iremonger
William Kenyon-Slaney
Robert Kingsford
Arthur Knight
Jack Lee
Tinsley Lindley
William Lindsay
Lewis Vaughan Lodge
Edward Lyttelton
Clement Mitchell
Billy Moon
Ernest Needham
Cuthbert Ottaway
Percival Parr
  • Gentlemen of Kent
George Raikes
Herbert Rawson
G. O. Smith
Harry Storer, Jr.
Alfred Stratford
Derek Ufton
Fanny Walden
Percy Walters
Fred Wheldon
Herbert Whitfeld
S.W. Widdowson
Charles Plumpton Wilson[3]
Claude Wilson
Jimmy Windridge
Max Woosnam
Charles Wreford-Brown

First-class cricket / Professional football

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile
Football club/team Football
profile
Hubert Ashton
Ray Bailey
Gordon Barker
  • Southend F.C.
Keith Barker
Mike Barnard
William Bates
Don Bennett
Ian Buxton
Alec Campbell
Tom Clark
Graham Cross
John Cuffe
Jim Cumbes
George Dews
Len Dolding
Alonzo Drake
Jack Dyson
Charlie Elliott
Arthur Foster
William Fox
Joe Gatting
Freddie Goodwin
Ian Hall
Jim Hammond
Bernard Harrison
Bill Harvey
Ted Hemsley
John Higgins
Chris Hollins
Arthur Holt
Henry Horton
Albert Iremonger
Harold Jarman
Arthur Jepson
Stuart McMillan
Chris Marples
Barrie Meyer
Frank Mitchell
Arthur Mounteney
Phil Neale
Joe North
Ralph Prouton
Alan Ramage
Don Roper
Sid Russell
Malcolm Scott
Jim Standen
Bob Stephenson
Harry Storer, Sr.
Ken Suttle
Ray Swallow
Ron Tindall
Maurice Tompkin
  • Huddersfield Town F.C.
Horace Wass
Henry White
Levi Wright

See also

References

  1. All profiles link to www.cricketarchive.com
  2. England national football team players' profiles link to www.englandfc.com.
    Pre-Second World War footballers' Football League clubs are referenced to Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6., unless otherwise noted.
    Post-war footballers' profiles link to "Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database". Neil Brown., unless otherwise noted.
  3. Also played Rugby Union for England

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