| GOOCH | Graham ....., former England and Essex cricket captain born in 1953 (5) |
| WASIM | ____ Akram, Pakistani former fast bowler and cricket captain born in 1966 (5) |
| GOWER | David, former England Test cricket captain born in 1957 (5) |
| AKRAM | 1990s Pakistan Test cricket captain born in 1966 (5,5) |
| SMITH | Graham ....., former Essex and England cricket captain (5) |
| DAWES | John ?, former Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain born in 1940 (5) |
| HABIB | Former Leics and Essex batsman; 1999 England Test debutant (5) |
| AFTAB | Former Leics and Essex batsman; 1999 England Test debutant (5) |
| DEXTER | E R ___, former England Test cricket captain born in Milan, Italy, in 1935 (6) |
| NASSER | ___ Hussain, England former cricket captain born in the Indian city of Chennai in 1968 (6) |
| BLAIR | British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) (5) |
| HENRY | Graham ....., former Wales and All Blacks coach (5) |
| STOUR | Second trip in river forming a partial boundary between Suffolk and Essex (5) |
| DENNESS | Mike ......., former England cricket captain born in Scotland (7) |
| STEWART | Alec, former England Test cricket captain born in 1963 (7) |
| STRAUSS | Andrew ___, former England Test cricket captain born in 1977 (7) |
| ONEAL | Alexander ___, R&B singer-songwriter born in 1953, noted for his song Criticize (5) |
| ROCHA | John ___, Chinese-Irish fashion designer, born in 1953 (5) |
| TEDDEXTER | Late England cricket captain born in 1935 noted for his daring play and debonair manner (3,6) |
| GEMMA | Media personality and Essex inhabitant, _ Collins (5) |
