P.G. Wodehouse: A Cricketing Chronology

1881, 15 October	– Born Guildford, Surrey
1894, 2 May	– Enters Dulwich College
1894, July	– Plays for Upper IIIB v. Upper IIIA
1899, 20 May	– Writes first cricket match report for The Alleynian (Brighton v. Dulwich)
1899, 21 June	– Plays for Dulwich v. MCC
1899, 21 June	– Takes 7/50 against Tonbridge, dismissing future Test batsman K.L. Hutchings
1899, 21 June	– Takes 7/13 including hat-trick as Sixth Form beat Engineers
1900, 27 June	– Plays for Dulwich v. MCC
1900, 27 June	– Takes 9/14 and 6/23 for Remove v. Modern VI
1900, July	– Leaves Dulwich
1900, Sept.	– Joins Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, City of London (plays cricket for bank teams)
1902, 9 Sept.	– Leaves bank to work as freelance writer
1903, 22 May	– First plays for Authors v. Artists at Esher
1903?	– First plays for Punch
1904 July	– First plays for Allahakbarries
1905, 29 June	– First plays at Lord’s for Authors v. Actors
1906, 19 July	– Plays at Lord’s for Authors
1906, 4 May	– P.G. Wodehouse’s XI plays Dulwich (team includes N.A. Knox and A.A. Milne)
1907, 15 August	– Plays at Lord’s for Authors
1908, 16 July	– Plays at Lord’s for Authors
1909, 15 Sept.	– Schoolboy cricketer, Mike, appears in The Captain
1911, 12 August	– Plays at Lord’s for Authors v. Publishers
1912, 21 August	– Last Lord’s match, Authors v. Publishers
1915, 15 Sept.	– First appearance of Jeeves, named after Warwickshire all-rounder Percy Jeeves
1920	– Becomes member, Surrey County Cricket Club
1932	– Founder member Hollywood Cricket Club
1939, 8 July	– Watches his last Dulwich match
1941, 21 June	– Playing cricket at Tost Internment camp, Upper Silesia, when told he is to be released
1950, 21 July	– Publishes last cricket piece (‘How’s That, Umpire?’ in Nothing Serious)
1975	– Dies aged 93