Cyril Washbrook
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| Full name | Cyril Washbrook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 December 1914 Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 27 April 1999 (aged 84) Sale, Greater Manchester, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 299) | 14 August 1937 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 August 1956 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1933–1959 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946/47–1964 | MCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricketarchive, 2 September 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyril Washbrook (6 December 1914 – 27 April 1999) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England. He had a long career, split by World War II, and ending when he was aged 44. Washbrook, who is most famous for opening the batting for England with Len Hutton, which he did 51 times, played a total of 592 first-class cricket matches, of which 37 were Tests. Washbrook was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947.
Washbrook was born in Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire. After being schooled at Bridgnorth Grammar School, aged 18, he went to Lancashire County Cricket Club, although it was not until two years later, in 1935, that he was fully established in the side, after scoring 1,724 runs and coming fifth in the national averages. He was selected to play his first Test in 1937, against New Zealand at The Oval. However, he could only make 9 and 8 not out, and was not selected for the Australian Tests the next year.
The war then interrupted his career, with Washbrook becoming a physical training instructor in the Royal Air Force, and it was in the 1946-47 Ashes series that he finally took on Australia. Hutton and Washbrook made three consecutive century stands, as Washbrook, with his cricket cap cocked in a jaunty style, became a familiar figure to cricket fans in Australia and England.
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