Mike Denness

Mike Denness

OBE

Personal information
Full name	Michael Henry Denness
Born	(1940-12-01)1 December 1940 Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 72) London, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break Right arm medium
Role	Batsman, match referee
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 444)	21 August 1969 v New Zealand
Last Test	14 July 1975 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 21)	5 September 1973 v West Indies
Last ODI	18 June 1975 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1959–1967	Scotland
1962–1976	Kent
1977–1980	Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 28 12 501 232 Runs scored 1,667 264 25,886 5,393 Batting average 39.69 29.33 33.48 27.23 100s/50s 4/7 0/1 33/152 6/28 Top score 188 66 195 118* Balls bowled – – 84 – Wickets – – 2 – Bowling average – – 31.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/7 – Catches/stumpings 28/– 1/– 410/– 94/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2009

Michael Henry Denness OBE (1 December 1940 – 19 April 2013)^[1][2] was a Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Kent and Essex.

Scotland did not have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at Test and ODI level. He was the sixth player born in Scotland to play for England, after Gregor MacGregor, Alec Kennedy, Ian Peebles, David Larter and Eric Russell, but remains the only England captain to be born in Scotland (Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig had Scottish parents, but Jardine was born in Bombay and Greig in South Africa).^[1][3]

Denness later became an ICC match referee. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975. He was president of Kent County Cricket Club in 2012–13.