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.
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| Full name | Dennis George A'Court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- "Dennis A'Court". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- "Dennis A'Court". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- "South Africans in England, 1960". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1961 ed.). Wisden. p. 287.
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