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Frank Dennis

Name:
Frank Dennis

Born:
June 11, 1907, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire. Died: November 21, 2000 (Aged 93)

Role:
Left-hand bat, Right-arm fast

County Debut:
1928

County Cap:
1929. YCCC Cap No. 64.

STATISTICS

BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	92	105	29	1500	95	19.73	0	4	59	0

BOWLING AVERAGES

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10
First-class	92	10438	4770	163	6/42	29.26	2.74	64.0	5	0

PROFILE

A right-arm fast bowler, he took 163 wickets at 29.26 with a best of 6-42 against Northamptonshire. A left-handed batsman, he scored 1500 runs at 19.73 with a best of 95 against the West Indies tourists.

He is part of a cricketing dynasty. His brother-in-law was the great Len Hutton. Of his nephews, Richard Hutton played for Yorkshire and England, Simon Dennis played for Yorkshire and Glamorgan and John Hutton played a game for M.C.C.

An honest, hardworking cricketer, Frank was also a very aggressive left-handed batsman, learning his cricket in the Scarborough district. He went on to play for Heckleton Main, Hull, Baildon, and Undercliffe and from 1935 to 1939 turned out for Cheshire. He scored over 1000 runs as a professional for Oxton (Cheshire) in 1935.

In 1948 he emigrated to New Zealand to take up fruit farming in Christchurch and became a selector for the Canterbury Cricket Association. He died on November 21, 2000 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand at the ripe old age of 93.

JMB October 2010