Victor Henry Douglas Cannings was an English cricketer, cricket coach and colonial police officer.
22 Facts About Victor Cannings
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Victor Cannings was signed by Hampshire in 1950 and played first-class cricket for the county until 1959, forming a potent bowling partnership with Derek Shackleton.
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Victor Cannings took 834 wickets for Hampshire, the eighth most taken by any Hampshire player.
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The son of Fred Victor Cannings, a farm carter, he was born in the Hampshire village of Bighton in April 1919, where he was educated locally at Old Alresford.
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Victor Cannings moved to Farnham in his teens, where he continued his education at the Farnham West School.
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Victor Cannings's made his debut in first-class cricket in the County Championship against Northamptonshire at Northampton, taking 2 wickets with his medium pace bowling.
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Victor Cannings's first season with Warwickshire was a success, with Cannings taking 61 wickets at an average of 29.57, with three five wicket hauls.
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Victor Cannings left for Hampshire at the end of season, having made 53 first-class appearances for Warwickshire, in which he took 88 wickets.
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Victor Cannings scored 755 runs, which included one half century score of 61, which was to be the only time in his career that he would pass fifty.
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Victor Cannings was signed by Hampshire as a replacement for veteran bowlers George Heath and Lofty Herman, who had recently retired.
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Victor Cannings made his debut for Hampshire against Middlesex at Lord's in the 1950 County Championship.
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Victor Cannings formed an opening bowling partnership with Derek Shackleton, with the two sharing six wickets in Middlesex's first innings of 103 all out.
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Victor Cannings's move to Hampshire revitalised his bowling, with him taking 83 wickets in his debut season at an average of under 25; he took three five wicket hauls, which included what were to be his best career figures of 7 for 52.
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Victor Cannings continued his bowling partnership with Shackleton into 1951, with Barclays World of Cricket describing them as "already one of the best opening attacks in the country".
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Victor Cannings played a pivotal role in Hampshire finishing third in the 1955 County Championship, then their highest finish, with Cannings taking 94 wickets.
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Victor Cannings gained a reputation as a late match-winner, dismissing Kent's Doug Wright to secure victory off the last ball of the match when the sides met in 1955, while the following year against Oxford University, Hampshire won by one run when Cannings took the last two Oxford wickets off the final two balls of the match.
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Victor Cannings played his final match for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Bournemouth in the County Championship.
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In 230 first-class matches for Hampshire, Victor Cannings took 834 wickets at an average of 21.69; he took 39 five wicket hauls and took ten wickets in a match on four occasions.
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Victor Cannings had notable moments with the bat, including in 1950 when he and Charles Knott steered Hampshire from 141 for 9 to 152 all out to record a tied match, the 26th such occurrence in first-class cricket at the time.
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Victor Cannings coached both John Barclay and England One Day International player Matthew Fleming at Eton.
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Victor Cannings coached in Northern Ireland for the Northern Cricket Union in April 1962.
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Victor Cannings was married to Joan, with the couple living in Datchet, Berkshire.