Denys Wilcox
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| Full name | Denys Robert Wilcox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1910 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 February 1953 (aged 42) Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Wilcox (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1951 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denys Wilcox (4 June 1910 – 6 February 1953) was an English cricketer and schoolmaster.
Career
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Wilcox scored more than 1000 runs in his last season at Dulwich College, then went up to Cambridge University. He played three years for the university team, scoring a century in the University Match in 1932[1] and captaining them in 1933.[2]
He played for Essex between 1928 and 1947, and made a few appearances for Free Foresters in first-class matches after his Essex career ended, playing his final game in 1951.[3][4] In 1946 he and Reginald Taylor set a record 8th-wicket partnership for Essex of 263 runs.[5] He was joint captain of Essex from 1933 to 1939[2] and captained The Rest against an England team in a trial match for test selection in 1938.[1]
He played as an amateur, spending most of his time on his duties as headmaster of Alleyn Court Prep School in Westcliff-on-Sea, which his father had founded in 1904.[2] He was a considerable influence on the early career of Trevor Bailey, a pupil at Alleyn Court who also played for Dulwich School, Cambridge and Essex.[1] Wilcox's son John, who also played for Essex, also later became headmaster of Alleyn Court.[6] Denys Wilcox died of leukemia in 1953 at the age of 42.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lemmon, David (1994). The Book of Essex Cricketers. Breedon Books. p. 185. ISBN 1873626770.
- ^ a b c Wisden 1954, p. 931.
- ^ "Denys Wilcox". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "First-class matches played by Denys Wilcox". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Essex". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Alleyn Court Trustees". www.alleyn-court.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Denys Wilcox at ESPNcricinfo
- Denys Wilcox at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1910 births
- 1953 deaths
- English cricketers
- Essex cricketers
- People educated at Alleyn Court School
- People educated at Dulwich College
- People from Westcliff-on-Sea
- Gentlemen cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- Free Foresters cricketers
- Essex cricket captains
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- Schoolteachers from Essex
- Deaths from leukemia in England
- English cricketers of 1919 to 1945