Cyril Edgar Ayling was a cricketer who played for Argentina and was a member of the South American cricket team

South American cricket team in England in 1932

A cricket team from South America toured England, Scotland and Wales in the 1932 season. The team played six first-class matches and 12 other games...

 that toured England in 1932. He represented Argentina in three first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches against Sir Theodore Brinckman

Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet

Sir Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman, 4th Baronet was an English cricketer. He played often for the MCC, and captained teams that toured the Channel Islands and South America...

's XI in 1937-38, but also played in non-first-class representational matches for Argentina from 1930 to 1959. He was born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Ayling was a middle-to-lower order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. On the tour of England in 1932, his batting was not very successful in the six first-class matches, and his highest score was only 34. His bowling was better and he took 19 wickets in first-class games, with a best of five for 48 as he and his brother, Dennet Ayling

Dennet Ayling

Dennet Ernest Ayling, born at Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 8, 1906 and died at Los Cocos, Cordoba, Argentina, on December 18, 1987, played first-class cricket for the Argentina cricket team in international matches and toured England as a member of the 1932 South American team, which played...

, bowled the South American team to victory over Sir Julien Cahn

Julien Cahn

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's side at Nottingham

Nottingham

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. Outside the first-class games, he scored an unbeaten 95 and took five for 72 against MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 at Lord's; his innings averted the follow-on and his victims included Test player Eddie Dawson

Eddie Dawson

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 and former England

English cricket team

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 captain Pelham Warner.

Against Brinckman's XI in 1937-38, Ayling played alongside Dennet and a third brother, Cecil Ayling. His highest score in three matches came in a rearguard action in the last of the three games, in which all three brothers reached 50 – in Cyril's case, exactly 50. His best bowling, four for 95, also came in this match.

Cyril Ayling continued to play high-level Argentinian cricket past his 50th birthday.