Dennis George A'Court (27 July 1937 – 23 May 2021) was a Welsh-born cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman, he 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1937 Markham, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 May 2021 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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][4] He took five wickets in an innings on five occasions.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Dennis A'Court". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Dennis A'Court". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "South Africans in England, 1960". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1961 ed.). Wisden. p. 287.
- ^ "Dennis A'Court RIP". Gloucestershire CCC. Retrieved 25 July 2021.