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Simon John Dennis

Name:
Simon John Dennis

Born:
October 18, 1960, South Cliff, Scarborough, Yorkshire

Role:
Right-hand bat, Left-arm fast-medium

County Debut:
1980-88

County Cap:
6 August 1983. YCCC Cap No. 125.

STATISTICS

BATTING AND FIELDING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	104	100	29	669	53*	9.42	0	1	26	0
List A	105	49	16	240	50	7.27	0	1	17	0

BOWLING AVERAGES

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10
First-class	104	16044	8426	254	5/35		33.17	3.15	63.1	7	0
List A	105	4600	3372	66	3/19	3/19	51.09	4.39	69.6	0	0

PROFILE

A left-arm Scarborough-born fast-medium bowler he was born into a family with strong cricketing credentials. With the great Len Hutton as his uncle, and with John and Richard Hutton his cousins there was plenty of talent with which Simon could be compared.

He took 254 first-class wickets between 1980 and 1991 at an average of 33.17 with a career best 5-35. He took 66 wickets in list A one day games at a less flattering 51.09 with a best of 3-19.

He played for England Schools and Young England against Young Australia in 1980 before making his debut for the White Rose county in the same year. He won his Yorkshire cap in 1983 and helped them win the Sunday League title.

In 1988 he left to play for Glamorgan for three more seasons, taking the last 60 of his first-class scalps despite increasing injury problems. Simon also played for Orange Free State in 1982/83 and toured North America in 1982 and Argentina in 1990 with the MCC.

JMB October 2010