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Does anybody remember Denis Compton and Bill Edrich?
Those were the day of English cricket.
This was meant to be in cricket!!!
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
The middlesex twins where these two?
I have heard of them yes here are dennis' stats =D.
Full name Denis Charles Scott Compton
Born 23 May 1918(1918-05-23)
Hendon, Middlesex, England
Died 23 April 1997 (aged 78)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinamen
International information
National side England
Test debut (cap 297) 14 August 1937 v New Zealand
Last Test 5 March 1957 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
1936 – 1964 MCC
1936 – 1958 Middlesex
1944/45 – 1945/46 Europeans (India)
1944/45 Holkar
Career statistics
Competition Test FC
Matches 78 515
Runs scored 5807 38942
Batting average 50.06 51.85
100s/50s 17/28 123/183
Top score 278 300
Balls bowled 2710 36640
Wickets 25 622
Bowling average 56.40 32.27
5 wickets in innings 1 19
10 wickets in match 0 3
Best bowling 5/70 7/36
Catches/stumpings 49/– 416/–
Source(s): wikipedia - Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes.