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Full name | Peter William Denning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England | 16 December 1949|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 July 2007 Taunton, Somerset, England | (aged 57)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Dasher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969–1984 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 28 June 1969 Somerset v Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 30 June 1984 Somerset v Northants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 6 July 1969 Somerset v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 9 September 1984 Somerset v Notts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2009 |
Peter William Denning (16 December 1949 – 17 July 2007) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1969 and 1984. He was known to Somerset cricket fans as 'Dasher' due to his "pace over the ground",[1] and he was also known for an unorthodox stroke called the 'Chewton carve' or 'Chewton chop', a stroke that cut the ball away between the slips and the covers.[2] Denning was a left-handed top order (often opening) batsman and scored 1,000 runs in a season on six occasions.[2]