| IANBOTHAM | Cricketer who played for England in 102 Test matches and played county cricket for Worcestershire and Durham |
| WHITNEY | Aussie paceman plucked from county cricket for 1981 Ashes Test debut (7) |
| INSECT | Belonging to a group occupied by the start of county cricket for example (6) |
| MARCUSTRESCOTHICK | Somerset opening batsman who played for England in 76 Test and 123 ODI matches |
| ALLANBORDER | Australian cricketer who played 156 Test matches and amassed 11,174 Test runs (5,6) |
| DOLIVIERA | Basil ___, the Cape Coloured cricketer who played for Worcestershire, and England from 1966 to 1972 |
| ROONEY | Footballer who played for England in 120 matches, making his debut in 2003 aged 17 (6) |
| ANGUSFRASER | Right arm fast-medium bowler who played in 46 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for England |
| ALANROTHERHAM | Rugby union player who played for England in the 1880s and revolutionised half-back play |
| DAVIDGOWER | Left-handed batsman who played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals and had two spells as England captain |
| ALLANLAMB | South Africa-born England Test cricketer who played for Orange Free State in 1988 (5,4) |
| BOYDRANKIN | Ireland fast bowler who played for England in 2013-14 (4,6) |
| PAULNEWMAN | English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989, his only first-class century coming against Leicestershire in 1985 |
| WADDLE | Chris _, retired midfielder who played for England in the 80s (6) |
| GREGCHAPPELL | Former cricketer who played in 87 Test matches, scoring centuries in his first and last Test innings (4,8) |
| NATLOFTHOUSE | Bolton Wanderers footballer (and later manager) who played for England 33 times in the 1950s, scoring 30 goals |
| IANBELL | Warwickshire right-handed batsman who last played for England in 2015 (3,4) |
| DEREKPRINGLE | Kenyan-born cricketer who played for Essex and England (5,7) |
| GRAHAM | Former cricketer who played for Durham, Lancashire and England, _ Onions (6) |
| STYRIS | New Zealand cricketer who played for Hobart Hurricanes in 2012-13 Big Bash League (6) |
