Dennis Silk

Dennis Silk
Personal information
Full name
Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk
Born(1931-10-08)8 October 1931
Eureka, California, United States
Died19 June 2019(2019-06-19) (aged 87)
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1952–1955Cambridge University
1956–1960Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 83
Runs scored 3,845
Batting average 29.80
100s/50s 7/19
Top score 126
Balls bowled 357
Wickets 1
Bowling average 240.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/22
Catches/stumpings 45/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2013

Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk CBE (8 October 1931 – 19 June 2019[1]) was an English first-class cricketer and a public school headmaster. He was a close friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon, of whom he spoke and wrote extensively.[2] In the 1990s he chaired the Test and County Cricket Board.

  1. ^ "Dennis Silk (1931-2019)". Lord's. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Dennis Silk, former chairman of TCCB, dies aged 87". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.