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unusual facts about first eleven



H. D. G. Leveson Gower

He was educated at Winchester College, where he played cricket for the school first eleven for three years from 1890, and in 1892 he captained the school team to its first victory against Eton College for 10 years, scoring 99 runs and taking 8 wickets for 33 runs in the match.


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2003 British Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli, driving for Renault, started alongside Barrichello on the front row and led the first eleven laps of the race, until a track invasion by the defrocked priest Neil Horan, who ran along Hangar straight, running opposite to the 280 km/h train of cars, wearing a saffron kilt and waving religious banners.

Curtis Fleming

In his first season he ousted former international player Eamonn Gregg from the first eleven and quickly established himself as one of the most exciting talents in the league.

Daniel Pancu

After a short spell in Bulgaria at CSKA Sofia, Pancu returned to Romanian football later in 2010 to play for SC Vaslui, but had a difficult time breaking into the first eleven with strong competition from Wesley and Mike Temwanjera.

Daniils Turkovs

He made his full international debut on 17 November 2010 in a friendly match against China, starting the game in the first eleven and being replaced in the 76th minute by Vladislavs Kozlovs.

Edward Whitting

He remained as captain of the Rugby School first eleven in 1891 and his performance stood out during a single-innings match against Trinity College, Oxford in which he top-scored for Rugby with 46, and claimed three wickets.

Fred Turnbull

Turnbull was in the first eleven for the Wembley final played in front of 100,000 spectators; Villa lost out 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur after two late goals from Martin Chivers.

Jimmy Rooney

He is also currently the head coach of the first eleven soccer team at St Kevin's College, Melbourne, Australia.

Mehmet Bölükbaşı

He directly found a place in first eleven, however, with the arrival of Cláudio Taffarel he could never get the chance to play regularly.

Niklas Süle

He started in the first eleven and has been substituted for Andreas Ludwig in the 81st minute.

Oswald Wright

Wright was educated at Malvern College and Selwyn College, Cambridge; at school he played for the first eleven at cricket and captained the soccer team.

Sepehr Heidari

He shows some good performances but has not got a spot in the first eleven.He was invited to Team Melli by Afshin Ghotbi in January 2010 and played against Mali.

Sven Müller

He had the following year a place in the first eleven but after his former Wolfsburg manager Wolfgang Wolf had to leave the club he did not play anymore so he followed him to famous second league club 1. FC Kaiserslautern where he could return to his old strength.