Edward Wentworth Dillon was an English amateur sportsman in the early years of the 20th century.
19 Facts About Ted Dillon
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Ted Dillon played over 200 first-class cricket matches, mainly for Kent County Cricket Club between 1900 and 1913.
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Ted Dillon captained Kent to three County Championship victories between 1909 and 1913, the only captain in the club history to lead the county to multiple championship titles.
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Ted Dillon played rugby union for Blackheath and represented England in four international matches.
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Ted Dillon was born at Penge in what was then Kent, the fourth child of a shipbroker.
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Ted Dillon was educated at Abbey School, Beckenham and at Rugby School, where he topped the school batting averages in 1899 and 1900 and was described by Wisden as the best school batsman of the year.
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Ted Dillon earned his cricket Blue in his first year at Oxford University, appearing for both the University, whom he captained, and for Kent during his time as a student.
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Ted Dillon made his first-class cricket debut for London County Cricket Club in August 1900, making his Kent first-class debut later in the same month.
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Ted Dillon was predominantly a batsman, often opening the batting.
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Ted Dillon captained Kent between 1909 and 1913 during which time the County won the County Championship in 1909,1910 and 1913.
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Ted Dillon is the only Kent captain to have led the county to win the championship more than once.
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Ted Dillon toured the West Indies with RA Bennett's XI in 1902 and America with Kent in 1903.
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Ted Dillon made his final appearance for Kent in 1923 in another Championship match.
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Ted Dillon was a fine rugby union player, playing as a centre for Oxford University and Blackheath.
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Ted Dillon won four international caps for England, playing against Wales, Scotland and Ireland in the 1904 Home Nations Championship and against Wales in the 1905 Championship.
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Ted Dillon served during the war at Gallipoli, in the Senussi campaign in Egypt and in Palestine, where he took part in the First Battle of Gaza.
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Ted Dillon was wounded during the Stalemate in Southern Palestine and was involved in the Southern Palestine Offensive and the Battle of Jerusalem in late 1917.
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Ted Dillon was transferred to the Economic Division in Cairo in late December 1917, serving there in the Intelligence Corps for the remainder of the war.
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Ted Dillon died in 1941 aged 60 at Totteridge in Hertfordshire.