 Compton in about 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Denis Charles Scott Compton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1918 Hendon, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1997 (aged 78) Windsor, Berkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left arm unorthodox spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Leslie Compton (brother) Brian Compton (son) Richard Compton (son) Patrick Compton (son) Ben Compton (grandson) Nick Compton (grandson) Charlotte Compton (daughter) Victoria Compton (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 297) | 14 August 1937 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 March 1957 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1964 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1958 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45–1945/46 | Europeans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45 | Holkar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most of his career at Arsenal.[1]
A right-handed batsman and left-arm unorthodox spin bowler, Compton is regularly credited as one of England's most remarkable batsmen.[2] Indeed, Sir Don Bradman said he was one of the greatest cricket players he'd ever seen.[3] He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket.[4] In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[5] The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.[6][7]
- ^ "Denis Compton". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Player Profile: Denis Compton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Lord's Cricket Ground, n/a (27 November 2020). "Coaching Masterclass from Don Bradman with Richie Benaud". Facebook. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket
- ^ Wadhwa, Arjun (18 July 2009). "Benaud, Gooch, Compton, Larwood and Woolley inducted into Cricket Hall of Fame". The Sport Campus. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Cricket at London Shenley Club". Shenley Cricket Centre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "A STAND TO NAME STANDS AFTER". Lords.org. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013.