Ernest Denny

Ernest Wriothesley Denny DL DSO (5 February 1872 – 20 October 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Ernest Denny

Personal information
Full name	Ernest Wriothesley Denny
Born	5 February 1872 Paddington, Middlesex, England
Died	10 October 1949 (aged 77) Garboldisham, Norfolk, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1891	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 1 Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score 1* Balls bowled 10 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2020

The son of T. A. Denny, he was born at Paddington in February 1872.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1891.[3] Batting twice in the match, Denny was unbeaten without scoring in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he was unbeaten having scored a single run. He also bowled two wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, Denny attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1891.[2] He graduated as a second lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in January 1892,[5] before transferring to the Middlesex Regiment in March.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1896 and later served during the Second Boer War with the 13th Hussars, during which he was promoted to captain in October 1901.[7][8] He was promoted to major in October 1906,[9] before retiring from active service in July 1910.[10] Denny returned to active service during the First World War,[11] during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in September 1918.[12] Denny later served as a deputy lieutenant for Norfolk in 1936.[13] He died in October 1949 at Garboldisham, Norfolk.

References

1. "Major Ernest Wriothesley Denny". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 166.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Denny". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. "No. 26243". The London Gazette. 8 January 1892. p. 135.
6. "No. 26266". The London Gazette. 11 March 1892. p. 1439.
7. "No. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
8. "No. 27380". The London Gazette. 26 November 1901. p. 8088.
9. "No. 27954". The London Gazette. 2 October 1906. p. 6628.
10. "No. 28393". The London Gazette. 8 July 1910. p. 4859.
11. "No. 29070". The London Gazette. 16 February 1915. p. 1557.
12. "No. 30901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 September 1918. p. 10864.
13. "No. 34261". The London Gazette. 3 March 1936. p. 1386.

External links

• Ernest Denny at ESPNcricinfo