Denis Compton
Cricket Player
1918 – 1997
Who was Denis Compton?
Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE 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 F.C..
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 seventeen 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.
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- Born
- May 23, 1918
Hendon - Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Apr 23, 1997
Windsor
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on July 23, 2013
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