| GOOCH | Graham _, former Essex and England cricket captain who scored 8,900 Test runs during his career (5) |
| NASH | Graham ___, former member of The Hollies best known for his collaboration with David Crosby and Stephen Stills |
| TUSCAN | Relating to a region in central Italy (8,900 sq miles); pop about 4 million) (6) |
| SMITH | Graham ....., former Essex and England cricket captain (5) |
| HOBBS | John, known as Jack, English cricketer who scored 197 centuries in his career (5) |
| RAVI | -- Bopara, Essex and England cricket all-rounder (4) |
| WOODS | Tiger ...... one of six players to have won all four major golf championships in his career (5) |
| NANCY | French club where Michel Platini began his career (5) |
| GRAHAMGOOCH | Former England cricket captain who scored 8900 runs in his Test career (6,5) |
| ALASTAIR | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cook, former England cricket captain who scored more than 12,000 runs in his Test career (8) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Former England Test cricket captain who scored 8231 runs in 117 Tests from 1978-92 (5,5) |
| BOTHAM | Ian ---, former England Test team captain who scored 5,200 runs and took 383 wickets in Test cricket (6) |
| GREIG | Tony, former England Test cricket captain who scored 148 against India at Bombay in 1972-3 (5) |
| ALLANBORDER | Australian cricket captain who scored 11,174 Test runs (5,6) |
| ANDREWSTRAUSS | Former England cricket captain who announced his retirement from cricket in 2012 after 100 Test appearances |
| GOWER | DI, England cricket captain who took his only Test wicket in 1982 against India at Kanpur (5) |
| DENNESS | Mike ___, Scotland-born former Kent and England cricket captain (7) |
| GATTING | Mike -, former Middlesex and England cricket captain (7) |
| ILLY | An Italian coffee brand; nickname of a Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England cricket captain |
| PETESAMPRAS | American former professional tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam titles during his career: 2 wds. |
