This is a list of cricketers who played first-class matches for the Royal Navy cricket team. The team played a total of 21 first-class matches between 1912 and 1929, most frequently playing the Army team which it met 14 times in top-level matches, all of which were played at Lord's. The team played the Royal Air Force three times in first-class matches between 1927 and 1929 and also played first-class matches against Cambridge University, MCC and, in 1927, against the touring New Zealanders.Royal Navy (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2024. Royal Navy cricket teams continue to play organised matches in the modern era, but none have held official status since 1929.Cricket, Royal Navy. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
A combined Army and Navy team played three first-class matches between 1910 and 1919First-class matches played by Army and Navy (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2024. and the Combined Services team played 63 first-class matches between 1920 and 1964.First-class matches played by Combined Services (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2024. Players who appeared in first-class matches for those teams are not included on this list unless they also played for the Royal Navy in a first-class match.
A Cecil Abercrombie William Agnew Cyrus Ainsworth Edward Aylmer
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D Jack Dale Cyril Douglas-Pennant
E Eric Elstob Alfred Evans Harold Evans (cricketer) Martin Evans (cricketer) Charles Evan-Thomas
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I Philip Irwin
J Thomas Jameson Selwyn Jephson
K Derek Kenderdine
L William Leach Charles Lewin George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon
M Michael McMaster High Montgomery John Murray
O Hugh Orr
P Herbert Annesley Packer Edwin Pain Manfred Palmes John Pelly Arnold Pomfret
R Arnold Reading Basil Reed Kenneth Robinson
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T Alpin Thomson Frederick Trumble Gerald Tuck
W Geoffrey Webb Arthur Wood Arthur Wright
See also List of British Army first-class cricketers List of Combined Services (United Kingdom) cricketers List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers
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