Dennis A'Court

Dennis George A'Court (born 27 July 1937) is a former Welsh-born cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1960 and 1963.[1][2] He was born in Markham in Monmouthshire, a former mining village.

Dennis A'Court
Personal information
Full nameDennis George A'Court
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 49
Runs scored 420
Batting average 11.35
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 47*
Balls bowled 9585
Wickets 145
Bowling average 26.82
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/25
Catches/stumpings 10/-

He took 145 first-class wickets, with a best of 6 for 25 against the South African tourists in 1960: Wisden noted that he "shocked the South Africans with his accuracy, liveliness, and disconcerting swing and movement of the ball".[3] He took five wickets in an innings on five occasions.[2]

References

  1. "Dennis A'Court". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. "Dennis A'Court". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. "South Africans in England, 1960". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1961 ed.). Wisden. p. 287.
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