List of Marylebone Cricket Club players (1946–1977)

Cricketers who debuted for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in first-class matches during the post-war period from 1946 until the end of the 1977 season, when it was decided that MCC would no longer organise the England cricket team, are as follows. Many of the players represented MCC after 1977 but they are only listed here, as it was in this period that they made their MCC debuts.

MCC have rarely taken part in List A matches (a total of fifteen between 1971 and 2008). The club played all its home matches at its Lord's venue in north London. The majority of MCC players in this period were contracted to county clubs and appeared for MCC by invitation. Some players were from other countries. For much of the 20th century until 1976–1977, MCC organised international tours in which the England cricket team played Test matches. The players selected for these tours were contracted to MCC for the duration and appearances by them in non-Tests on the tour were for MCC, therefore all such players are included in this list. MCC teams have always operated at all levels of the sport and players who represented the club in minor cricket only are out of scope here.

The details are the player's usual name followed by the span of years in which he was active as an MCC player in important matches (the span may include years in which he played only in minor matches for MCC and/or years in which he did not represent MCC in any matches) and then his name is given as it appears on match scorecards (e.g., surname preceded by all initials), followed by the club or team with which he was mostly associated (this may be MCC itself). Players who have taken part in Test cricket have their names highlighted in bold text and the names of players who represented MCC in a List A match are preceded by the symbol.

A David Acfield (1973/74–1974) : D. L. Acfield (Essex). Tours: East Africa (1973/74). Michael Ainsworth (1950) : M. L. Y. Ainsworth (Worcestershire) David Allen (1959/60–1968) : D. A. Allen (Gloucestershire). Tours: West Indies (1959/60); New Zealand (1960/61); India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62); Australia (1962/63); South Africa (1964/65); Australia & New Zealand (1965/66). Michael Allen (1958–1961) : M. H. J. Allen (Northamptonshire, Derbyshire) Anthony Allom (1960) : A. T. C. Allom (Surrey) Dennis Amiss (1967–1976/77) : D. L. Amiss (Warwickshire). Tours: India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73); West Indies (1973/74); Australia & New Zealand (1974/75); India, Sri Lanka & Australia (1976/77). Keith Andrew (1954–1963) : K. V. Andrew (Northamptonshire). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1954/55); West Indies (1959/60). Luke White, 5th Baron Annaly (1950) : Baron Annaly (Middlesex) Francis Appleyard (1946–1950) : F. Appleyard (Essex) Bob Appleyard (1954/55–1958) : R. Appleyard (Yorkshire). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1954/55). Geoff Arnold (1969/70–1975) : G. G. Arnold (Surrey). Tours: Ceylon (1969/70); India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73); West Indies (1973/74); Australia & New Zealand (1974/75). Bill Athey (1977–1985) : C. W. J. Athey (Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Sussex) Graham Atkinson (1959–1963) : G. Atkinson (Somerset, Lancashire)

B J. A. Bailey (1961–1967) : J. A. Bailey (Essex) Raymond Bailey (1965) : R. R. Bailey (Northamptonshire) Trevor Bailey (1949–1964) : T. E. Bailey (Essex). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1950/51); West Indies (1953/54); Australia & New Zealand (1954/55); South Africa (1956/57); Australia & New Zealand (1958/59). David Bairstow (1974–1980) : D. L. Bairstow (Yorkshire) Dennis Baldry (1956–1959) : D. O. Baldry (Middlesex, Hampshire) Jack Bannister (1955–1961) : J. D. Bannister (Warwickshire) Bob Barber (1960–1968) : R. W. Barber (Lancashire, Warwickshire). Tours: New Zealand (1960/61); India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62); South Africa (1964/65); Australia (1965/66). John Barclay (1977) : J. R. T. Barclay (Sussex) Gordon Barker (1956–1967) : G. Barker (Essex) Graham Barlow (1976/77–1977) : G. D. Barlow (Middlesex). Tours: India, Sri Lanka & Australia (1976/77). Ben Barnett (1952) : B. A. Barnett (Victoria) Des Barrick (1953–1957) : D. W. Barrick (Northamptonshire) Ken Barrington (1955–1967/68) : K. F. Barrington (Surrey). Tours: Pakistan (1955/56); West Indies (1959/60); India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62); Australia & New Zealand (1962/63); India (1963/64); South Africa (1964/65); Australia (1965/66); West Indies (1967/68). John Bartlett (1950–1952) : J. N. Bartlett (Sussex). Tours: Canada (1951). Michael Barton (1949–1950) : M. R. Barton (Surrey) Ian Bedford (1956–1966) : P. I. Bedford (Middlesex) Alec Bedser (1946/47–1954/55) : A. V. Bedser (Surrey). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1946/47); South Africa (1948/49); Australia & New Zealand (1950/51); Australia & New Zealand (1954/55). Eric Bedser (1947–1962) : E. A. Bedser (Surrey). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1950/51). Ronald Bell (1959) : R. V. Bell (Middlesex, Sussex) Don Bennett (1954–1968) : D. Bennett (Middlesex) Richard Bernard (1961–1964) : J. R. Bernard (Gloucestershire) Bob Berry (1950–1955) : R. Berry (Lancashire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1950/51). Donald Bick (1967) : D. A. Bick (Middlesex) Jimmy Binks (1961/62–1964) : J. G. Binks (Yorkshire). Tours: India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62); India (1963/64). Ronald Bird (1953–1958) : R. E. Bird (Worcestershire) Jack Birkenshaw (1968–1973/74) : J. Birkenshaw (Yorkshire, Leicestershire). Tours: India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73); West Indies (1973/74). David Blake (1952–1961) : D. E. Blake (Hampshire) Bill Blenkiron (1970) : W. Blenkiron (Warwickshire) Nigel Bloy (1954–1958) : N. C. F. Bloy (Oxford University) Brian Bolus (1963–1970) : J. B. Bolus (Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire). Tours: India (1963/64). Jack Bond (1962) : J. D. Bond (Lancashire) Roy Booth (1959) : R. Booth (Worcestershire) Chandu Borde (1966) : C. G. Borde (Maharashtra) Brian Boshier (1961) : B. S. Boshier (Leicestershire) Ian Botham (1977–1980) : I. T. Botham (Somerset, Worcestershire, Durham) Richard Bowman (1960–1964) : R. Bowman (Lancashire) Keith Boyce (1970) : K. D. Boyce (Barbados, Essex) Geoffrey Boycott (1964–1974) : G. Boycott (Yorkshire). Tours: Ceylon (1969/70); South Africa (1964/65); Australia & New Zealand (1965/66); West Indies (1967/68); Australia (1970/71); West Indies (1973/74). Mike Brearley (1964/65–1979) : J. M. Brearley (Middlesex). Tours: South Africa (1964/65); East Africa (1973/74); India, Sri Lanka & Australia (1976/77). Don Brennan (1950–1964) : D. V. Brennan (Yorkshire). Tours: India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1951/52). Basil Bridge (1961) : W. B. Bridge (Warwickshire) John Bridger (1946) : J. R. Bridger (Hampshire) Vince Broderick (1949) : V. Broderick (Northamptonshire) Arthur Brodhurst (1951) : A. H. Brodhurst (Gloucestershire). Tours: Canada (1951). Dennis Brookes (1947–1947/48) : D. Brookes (Northamptonshire). Tours: West Indies (1947/48). Alan Brown (1959–1961/62) : A. Brown (Kent). Tours: India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62). Tony Brown (1960) : A. S. Brown (Gloucestershire) David J. Brown (1964/65–1969) : D. J. Brown (Warwickshire). Tours: South Africa (1964/65); Australia (1965/66); West Indies (1967/68); Pakistan & Ceylon (1968/69). Tolly Burnett (1951) : A. C. Burnett (Glamorgan) Michael Bushby (1960–1966) : M. H. Bushby (Cambridge University) Tony Buss (1968) : A. Buss (Sussex) Mike Buss (1968) : M. A. Buss (Sussex) Alan Butcher (1976–1982) : A. R. Butcher (Surrey) Harold Butler (1947/48) : H. J. Butler (Nottinghamshire). Tours: West Indies (1947/48).

C Iain Campbell (1951–1954) : I. P. Campbell (Kent). Tours: Canada (1951). Victor Cannings (1959) : V. H. D. Cannings (Warwickshire, Hampshire) Bob Caple (1958) : R. G. Caple (Middlesex, Hampshire) Anthony Card (1955–1958) : A. J. Card (MCC) Donald Carr (1949–1972/73) : D. B. Carr (Derbyshire). Tours: India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1951/52); Pakistan (1955/56); India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73). Phil Carrick (1976) : P. Carrick (Yorkshire) Bob Carter (1973) : R. G. M. Carter (Worcestershire) Tom Cartwright (1963/64–1973/74) : T. W. Cartwright (Warwickshire, Somerset, Glamorgan). Tours: East Africa (1963/64); South Africa (1964/65); East Africa (1973/74). Laurence Champniss (1973/74) : L. J. Champniss (Buckinghamshire). Tours: East Africa (1973/74). George Chesterton (1950–1966) : G. H. Chesterton (Worcestershire) Ted Clark (1960–1973/74) : E. A. Clark (Middlesex). Tours: East Africa (1973/74). Tom Clark (1957) : T. H. Clark (Surrey) Bertie Clarke (1955–1961) : C. B. Clarke (Barbados, Northamptonshire, Essex) Robert Clarke (1950) : R. W. Clarke (Northamptonshire) Geoff Clayton (1960) : G. Clayton (Lancashire, Somerset) Brian Close (1950/51–1967) : D. B. Close (Yorkshire). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1950/51); Pakistan (1955/56). Len Coldwell (1962/63) : L. J. Coldwell (Worcestershire). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1962/63). Bill Coldwell (1954–1955) : W. R. Coldwell (MCC) Leslie Compton (1947) : L. H. Compton (Middlesex) Bernie Constable (1951) : B. Constable (Surrey) Sam Cook (1947) : C. Cook (Gloucestershire) Geoffrey Cook (1959–1960) : G. W. Cook (Kent) Jeremy Cook (1961–1963) : J. Cook (MCC) Geoff Cope (1976/77) : G. A. Cope (Yorkshire). Tours: India, Sri Lanka & Australia (1976/77). Bob Cottam (1964–1973) : R. M. H. Cottam (Hampshire, Northamptonshire). Tours: Pakistan & Ceylon (1968/69); India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73). John Cotton (1960–1968) : J. Cotton (Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) Michael Cowan (1955/56) : M. J. Cowan (Yorkshire). Tours: Pakistan (1955/56). Colin Cowdrey (1952–1975) : M. C. Cowdrey (Kent). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1954/55); South Africa (1956/57); Australia & New Zealand (1958/59); West Indies (1959/60); Australia & New Zealand (1962/63); India (1963/64); Australia & New Zealand (1965/66); West Indies (1967/68); Pakistan & Ceylon (1968/69); Australia (1970/71); Australia & New Zealand (1974/75). Bob Cowper (1966) : R. M. Cowper (Victoria, Western Australia) Alan Coxon (1958) : A. J. Coxon (Oxford University) Peter Cranmer (1955–1959) : P. Cranmer (Warwickshire) Ken Cranston (1947–1949) : K. Cranston (Lancashire). Tours: West Indies (1947/48). Jack Crapp (1948/49–1955) : J. F. Crapp (Gloucestershire). Tours: South Africa (1948/49). Maurice Crouch (1950–1952) : M. A. Crouch (Cambridgeshire) Brian Crump (1961) : B. S. Crump (Northamptonshire)

D William Davidson (1956) : W. W. Davidson (Sussex) Haydn Davies (1947–1948) : H. G. Davies (Glamorgan) Anthony Davis (1967) : A. T. Davis (Berkshire) George Dawkes (1948–1949) : G. O. Dawkes (Leicestershire, Derbyshire) Alan Day (1968) : A. R. Day (Hertfordshire, Berkshire) Kenneth Day (1958) : K. B. Day (Middlesex) John Deighton (1948–1954) : J. H. G. Deighton (Lancashire) Peter Delisle (1956–1957) : G. P. S. Delisle (Middlesex) Mike Denness (1966–1974/75) : M. H. Denness (Kent). Tours: India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka (1972/73); West Indies (1973/74); Australia & New Zealand (1974/75). Roger Dermont (1967) : R. W. A. Dermont (Hertfordshire) John Dewes (1948–1950/51) : J. G. Dewes (Middlesex). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1950/51). George Dews (1954) : G. Dews (Worcestershire) Ted Dexter (1957–1965) : E. R. Dexter (Sussex). Tours: Australia & New Zealand (1958/59); West Indies (1959/60); India, Pakistan & Ceylon (1961/62); Australia (1962/63); South Africa (1964/65). Alan Dixon (1961–1973/74) : A. L. Dixon (Kent). Tours: East Africa (1973/74). Dickie Dodds (1947–1961) : T. C. Dodds (Essex) Hubert Doggart (1951–1961) : G. H. G. Doggart (Sussex) Len Dolding (1950–1951) : D. L. Dolding (Middlesex) Basil D'Oliveira (1964–1970/71) : B. L. D'Oliveira (Worcestershire). Tours: West Indies (1967/68); Pakistan & Ceylon (1968/69); Australia (1970/71). Tom Dollery (1955) : H. E. Dollery (Warwickshire)