"Fostershire" was a name jocularly applied to Worcestershire County Cricket Club in the early part of the 20th century, shortly after the county had achieved first-class status and admission into the English County Championship (in 1899). The name came from the fact that no fewer than seven brothers from this one family played for Worcestershire during this period, three of whom captained the club at some point. Worcestershire CCC logo Worcestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at New Road, Worcester, England. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The Foster brothers

The following table gives the Foster brothers' career dates and statistics for Worcestershire only, but in all first-class matches, not just those in the County Championship. The Foster brothers were all educated at Malvern College. Malvern College is a coeducational English public school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded in 1865. ...

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Other relations

As well as the seven brothers listed in the above table, several other members of the Foster family played first-class cricket:

• Christopher Foster (Worcestershire 1927), son of Henry;
• Peter Foster (Oxford University and Kent 1936-1946), son of Geoffrey;
• William Greenstock (Cambridge University and Worcestershire 1886-1919); brother-in-law of the seven brothers;
• John Greenstock (Oxford University and Worcestershire 1924-1927), son of William Greenstock and nephew of the seven brothers.

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See also

• Worcestershire County Cricket Club