Talk:Coote Hedley

Gazette refs

For expansion of article, hits from the London Gazette:

• by full names
• walter c. hedley
• w. c. hedley

VArious articles in The Times refer to him too, including a brief obit, and a letter of appreciation from Plum Warner. David Underdown (talk) 21:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Some nice Google results for w. c. hedley too. David Underdown (talk) 14:39, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

First-class debut

The Times articles I've seen suggest that one of his matches in 1886 for Somerset was v MCC - wouldn't this count as first-class? David Underdown (talk) 17:30, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

This match. Somerset weren't a first-class county at the time, so their matches similarly weren't considered first-class, even when they were playing first-class opposition. Harrias (talk) 18:35, 28 February 2010 (UTC)