Simon Dennis (cricketer)
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Simon John Dennis is an English
first-class cricket
er, who appeared in 104 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
, Glamorgan County Cricket Club
and Orange Free State
in South Africa
.
A left arm fast medium bowler, and right-handed tail end batsman, Dennis was born in a family with strong cricketing credentials. Len Hutton
was his uncle, and he is a cousin of fellow first-class cricketers John and Richard Hutton.
Dennis took 254 first-class wickets in a career which spanned from 1980 to 1991, at a cost of 33.17 each, with a best performance of 5 for 35. He took 66 wickets in one day games at 51.09, with a best of 3 for 19. He averaged 9.42 with the bat in the first-class game, with one fifty, and 7.27 in one day matches with a best score of 50.
He played for England Schools and Young England against Young Australia in 1980, before making his debut for his home county in the same year. He won his Yorkshire cap in 1983, and helped them win the Sunday League title. In 1988, Dennis left to play for Glamorgan for three more seasons, taking the last 60 of his first class scalps despite increasing injury problems.
Dennis played for Orange Free State in 1982/83, and toured North America in 1982 and Argentina in 1990 with the MCC
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who appeared in 104 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
, Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
and Orange Free State
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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A left arm fast medium bowler, and right-handed tail end batsman, Dennis was born in a family with strong cricketing credentials. Len Hutton
Len Hutton
Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket...
was his uncle, and he is a cousin of fellow first-class cricketers John and Richard Hutton.
Dennis took 254 first-class wickets in a career which spanned from 1980 to 1991, at a cost of 33.17 each, with a best performance of 5 for 35. He took 66 wickets in one day games at 51.09, with a best of 3 for 19. He averaged 9.42 with the bat in the first-class game, with one fifty, and 7.27 in one day matches with a best score of 50.
He played for England Schools and Young England against Young Australia in 1980, before making his debut for his home county in the same year. He won his Yorkshire cap in 1983, and helped them win the Sunday League title. In 1988, Dennis left to play for Glamorgan for three more seasons, taking the last 60 of his first class scalps despite increasing injury problems.
Dennis played for Orange Free State in 1982/83, and toured North America in 1982 and Argentina in 1990 with the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
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