Bev Lyon
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| Full name | Beverley Hamilton Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1902 Caterham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 1970 (aged 68) Balcombe, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Dar Lyon (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beverley Hamilton Lyon (19 January 1902 – 22 June 1970) was a
Biography
Some of Lyon's views – on Sunday cricket and on a knockout cup, for instance – were by some distance too far ahead of their time. But in 1931, he was involved in a "rule-bending" match against Yorkshire at Sheffield in which, after two rain-ruined days, he and the Yorkshire captain agreed to declare their counties' first innings after one ball had been bowled to bring about a result on the second innings.[2] The rules were changed for the following season to allow for a one-innings match in similar circumstances.
Lyon brought Gloucestershire greater success than the county had seen since the days of
Lyon's Gloucestershire career began in 1921; he also won a
Lyon's older brother, Malcolm Douglas Lyon, known as Dar, played for Cambridge University and Somerset. The brothers were on opposing sides in the 1922 Varsity match.[3] And in 1930, in the match between Somerset and Gloucestershire at Taunton, Dar scored 210 after being dropped twice by Goddard, but Bev replied with a century of his own and led his side to victory by eight wickets.[4]
See also
References
- S Canynge Caple (compiler). "Lyon, Beverley Hamilton". The Cricketers' Who's Who. Lincoln Williams (Publishers) Ltd. Adam Street, Adelphi, London. 1934. Pages 104 and 105.
- ^ "Beverley Lyon. England Cricket. Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b David Foot, Beyond Bat & Ball: Eleven Intimate Portraits, Aurum, London, 1993, pp. 139–56.
- ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Somerset v Gloucestershire 1930". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.