Denis Compton
Denis Compton
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| Full name | Denis Charles Scott Compton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 May 1918 Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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| Died | 23 April 1997 (aged 78) Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left arm unorthodox spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
RCD Compton (son) PMD Compton (son) NRD Compton (grandson) LH Compton (brother) |
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| Test debut (cap 297) | 14 August 1937 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 March 1957 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1936–1964 | MCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1958 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45 – 1945/46 | Europeans (India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45 | Holkar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing position | Outside Left | ||
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| 1933–1935 | Nunhead | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1950 | Arsenal | 54 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. He was also an accomplished footballer who played most of his football career at Arsenal.
A right-handed batsman and slow left-arm chinaman bowler, Compton is regularly credited as one of England's most remarkable batsmen. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket. In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.
Compton was born and brought up in the north London suburb of Hendon. He was the second son and youngest child of Henry Ernest Compton and Jessie Anne Duthie; he had one older brother, Leslie Harry (born 1912) and one older sister, Hilda (born 1913). He was educated at an elementary school and joined the MCC ground staff at Lord's in 1934. By the late 1930s, Compton was one of England's finest batsmen, and remained at the top of his profession for some twenty years. His dashing approach to batting and the sheer enjoyment he exuded endeared him to a generation of cricket lovers. As an all-rounder Compton was a right-hand bat and a slow left-arm Chinaman bowler.
Compton earned his first England cap against New Zealand in 1937. At 19 years and 83 days, he remains the third youngest England debutant ever. He scored his first Test century aged just 20 years and 19 days in 1938 against Don Bradman's touring Australians. Later in the same series he scored a match-saving 76 not out at Lord's; this innings was scored on a rain-affected pitch and greatly impressed Don Bradman. In 1939 he scored 2468 runs for the season, including 120 against the West Indies at Lord's.
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