Ken Cranston
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| Full name | Kenneth Cranston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 October 1917 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
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| Died | 8 January 2007 (aged 89) Southport, Lancashire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth "Ken" Cranston (20 October 1917 – 8 January 2007) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and eight times for England, in 1947 and 1948. He retired from playing cricket to concentrate on his career as a dentist.
Cranston was born in Aigburth, Liverpool, where his father Henry Selby Cranston was a dentist. He and his elder brother Ronald were educated at Liverpool College, but Ronald died aged 23 after showing early cricketing talent. Ken Cranston played for the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship before World War II. He served as a dental officer in the Royal Navy during the war. He played cricket for the Royal Navy and Combined Services, and played club cricket in Lancashire after the war. He also played hockey for the county.
Cranston was appointed as captain of Lancashire in 1947, replacing acting captain Jack Fallows. He made his first-class debut on 14 May as captain of Lancashire, in the match against Oxford University. He was an all-rounder who bowled fast-medium and batted in the middle of the batting order. He was immediately successful in first-class cricket, and made his Test cricket debut in the Third Test against South Africa at Old Trafford on 5 July, less than eight weeks after his first-class debut. In the Fourth Test at Headingley, he took four wickets in six balls (w.w.ww) to end the South African second innings.
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