Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record. Cowdrey made 22 Test centuries (an England record until 2013) and was the first batsman to make centuries against the six other Test playing countries of his era; Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, making hundreds against them all both home and away. He toured Australia six times in 1954–55, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1970–71 and 1974–75, equalling Colin Blythe's record, and in his last Test fans hung out a banner 'M.C.G. FANS THANK COLIN – 6 TOURS'.
Simon Porter
Porter made his debut for Oxfordshire before playing for Oxford University, first appearing in the 1971 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. Porter played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1971 to 1988 which included 118 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played his first List A match for Oxfordshire against Cornwall in the 1975 Gillette Cup. He played 7 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy. In his 8 List A matches for the county, he scored 55 runs at an average of 9.16, with a high score of 44. He took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 45.33, with best figures of 3/58.