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David Sydenham

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David Sydenham
Personal information
Full name
David Alfred Donald Sydenham
Born (1934-04-06) 6 April 1934 (age 90)
Surbiton, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1957 to 1972Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 145 8
Runs scored 485 8
Batting average 7.13 4.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 22* 8
Balls bowled 25,698 528
Wickets 487 13
Bowling average 19.98 20.15
5 wickets in innings 26 0
10 wickets in match 3 0
Best bowling 9/70 4/6
Catches/stumpings 52/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2021

David Alfred Donald Sydenham (born 6 April 1934) is a former English first-class cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he played with Surrey County Cricket Club from 1957 to 1965, then had one further match in 1972.[1]

In the 1962 season Sydenham topped the national bowling averages with 115 wickets at 17.65. In May 1964 he took 9 for 70 and 3 for 31 in Surrey's victory over Gloucestershire at The Oval.[2] In his first List A match, he took 4 for 6 off 9 overs against Cheshire in the Gillette Cup in 1964; he took Cheshire's first four wickets in five balls, including a hat-trick.[3]

A chiropodist by profession,[4] David Sydenham held managerial posts in the National Health Service.

He was sometimes confused with his contemporary, the Southampton footballer John Sydenham, to whom he was not related.

References

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  1. ^ "David Sydenham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Surrey v Gloucestershire 1964". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ Wisden 1965, p. 646.
  4. ^ "Sydenham Retires". Liverpool Echo: 20. 2 December 1965.
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