1. Errol Reginald Thorold Holmes was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Surrey and England between 1924 and 1955.
17 Facts About Errol Holmes
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Errol Holmes succeeded the Bodyline captain Douglas Jardine as captain of Surrey in 1934 and resolutely refused to use short-pitched bowling in county matches.
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Errol Holmes attended Park View School in South Godstone, Surrey, and St Andrew's School, Eastbourne, before going to Malvern College in Worcestershire in 1919, where he was coached at cricket by Charles Toppin.
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Errol Holmes captained the First XI in 1923 and 1924.
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Errol Holmes first played for Surrey in 1924 before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.
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Errol Holmes came to prominence as a hard-hitting batsman for Oxford University from 1925 to 1927, playing a few matches for Surrey and for the Gentlemen against the Players.
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Errol Holmes bowled fast-medium, though it was reported that his run-up tended to be rather more fearsome than the bowling that resulted from it.
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Errol Holmes gained blues in football and cricket in his first year.
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Errol Holmes scored a century in the match against Cambridge, but Oxford lost.
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Errol Holmes toured Jamaica in February and March 1927 in a team captained by the Hon.
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Errol Holmes worked for several companies in London, and spent six months in 1930 at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Errol Holmes made his highest Test score of 85 not out in the Second Test, going to the wicket at 95 for 6 and seeing the score through to 258 all out.
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Errol Holmes had to take over the captaincy midway through the Fourth Test after the captain, Bob Wyatt, had his jaw broken by a fast ball from Manny Martindale.
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Errol Holmes was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1936.
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Errol Holmes flew as British flak liaison officer with the first American bomber mission against the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven.
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Errol Holmes published his autobiography, Flannelled Foolishness: A Cricketing Chronicle, in 1957.
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Errol Holmes died in hospital in August 1960 after a heart attack.