Denis Charles Scott Compton was an English multi-sportsman.
28 Facts About Denis Compton
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Denis Compton is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket.
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In 2009, Denis Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
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Denis Compton was born and brought up in what was then the urban district of Hendon, which later became part of Greater London; his father had moved there in hopes of finding more work.
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Denis Compton was the second son and youngest child of Henry Ernest Compton, a self-employed painter and decorator, later a lorry driver when his business failed, and Jessie Anne ; he had one older brother, Leslie Harry and one older sister, Hilda Dorothy.
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Denis Compton was educated at Bell Lane Primary School and joined the MCC ground staff at Lord's Cricket Ground at the age of 15.
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Denis Compton's dashing approach to batting and the sheer enjoyment he exuded endeared him to a generation of cricket lovers.
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Denis Compton earned his first England cap against New Zealand in 1937.
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Denis Compton scored his first Test century aged just 20 years and 19 days in 1938 against Don Bradman's touring Australians.
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Denis Compton was granted permission to play for the Holkar team in the Ranji Trophy, India's national cricket tournament.
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Back in England, Denis Compton produced a season of cricket that established him as a British household name, and one of the greatest cricketers of his era.
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Against Bradman's Invincibles in 1948, Denis Compton was England's standout performer in a losing cause.
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Denis Compton had scored only four runs when, while facing a bumper barrage from Ray Lindwall, he edged the ball onto his forehead.
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Denis Compton was forced off the ground with a cut head, given two stitches, and ordered to rest despite wanting to return to the crease.
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Denis Compton eventually came back out when England was teetering at 119 for 5 and enabled the team to reach 363.
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Denis Compton averaged only 7.57 in the Tests, but 92.11 in his other first-class matches.
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Denis Compton jointly captained Middlesex between 1951 and 1952, with Bill Edrich.
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Also in 1952, Denis Compton scored his 100th first-class century against Northampton while featuring for Middlesex at Lord's.
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Denis Compton came third in the England Test averages, but topped the tour averages and made three centuries.
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Denis Compton finished his cricket career after playing 78 Test matches with 17 centuries at an average of 50.06.
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Denis Compton was eventually successful with Arsenal at Highbury, winning the League title in 1948 and the FA Cup in 1950.
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Denis Compton represented England in wartime games on twelve occasions, but never in a full official match.
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Colin Cowdrey writes that Denis Compton turned up for the Old Trafford Test of 1955 against South Africa without his kitbag.
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Denis Compton became the first former professional cricketer to be elected President of Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1991.
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Denis Compton served two terms, until a week before his death from septicaemia in Windsor, Berkshire aged 78.
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That is where his grandson, Nick Denis Compton, set the Middlesex record for the 6th wicket partnership in List A cricket.
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Denis Compton developed a close working relationship with Royds Advertising, and its chairman, who at that time was Nicholas Royds.
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In 1975, Denis Compton married his third wife, Christine Franklin Tobias, with whom he had two daughters, Charlotte and Victoria.