deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 138 12 march 1978 1 & ndash ; / & ndash ; harry simms -lrb- brother -rrb- 1912 2012 1 january 1894 unknown & ndash ; england south petherton , somerset , england sussex & ndash ; unknown royston knox simms adelaide , south australia , australia first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20771.html cricinfo 1894 1 1 yes 5 2 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 2 royston simms

royston simms

royston knox simms -lrb- 1 january 1894 -- 12 march 1978 -rrb- was an australian-born english cricketer .
simms ' batting and bowling styles are unknown .
he was born at adelaide , south australia , and was educated at lancing college .
simms made two first-class appearances for sussex against oxford university and gloucestershire in the 1912 county championship .
against oxford university at cricket field road , horsham , sussex won the toss and elected to bat first , making 414 in their first-innings , during which simms was dismissed for 4 runs by john vidler .
oxford university made 186 in their first-innings , during which simms bowled fourteen overs , conceding 41 runs and taking the wicket of freddie knott .
sussex forced oxford university to follow-on in their second-innings , dismissing them for just 81 runs , to win by an innings and 147 runs .
in his second match against gloucestershire at the county ground , hove , sussex won the toss and elected to bat first , making 352 in their first-innings , during which simms was dismissed for a single run by charlie parker .
gloucestershire responded in their first-innings by making 155 , during which simms bowled nine overs , conceding 23 runs and taking the wicket of cyril sewell .
gloucestershire were forced to follow-on in their second-innings , with sussex dismissing them for 151 to win the match by an innings and 46 runs .
he died at south petherton , somerset , on 12 march 1978 .
his brother , harry , also played first-class cricket , and featured alongside royston against oxford university .
