Ernest Denny
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| Full name | Ernest Wriothesley Denny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1872 Paddington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 October 1949 (aged 77) Garboldisham, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1891 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ernest Wriothesley Denny DL DSO (5 February 1872 – 20 October 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of T. A. Denny, he was born at Paddington in February 1872.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1891.[3] Batting twice in the match, Denny was unbeaten without scoring in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he was unbeaten having scored a single run. He also bowled two wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, Denny attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1891.[2] He graduated as a second lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in January 1892,[5] before transferring to the Middlesex Regiment in March.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1896 and later served during the Second Boer War with the 13th Hussars, during which he was promoted to captain in October 1901.[7][8] He was promoted to major in October 1906,[9] before retiring from active service in July 1910.[10] Denny returned to active service during the First World War,[11] during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in September 1918.[12] Denny later served as a deputy lieutenant for Norfolk in 1936.[13] He died in October 1949 at Garboldisham, Norfolk.
References[edit]
- ^ "Major Ernest Wriothesley Denny". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 166.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Denny". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 26243". The London Gazette. 8 January 1892. p. 135.
- ^ "No. 26266". The London Gazette. 11 March 1892. p. 1439.
- ^ "No. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
- ^ "No. 27380". The London Gazette. 26 November 1901. p. 8088.
- ^ "No. 27954". The London Gazette. 2 October 1906. p. 6628.
- ^ "No. 28393". The London Gazette. 8 July 1910. p. 4859.
- ^ "No. 29070". The London Gazette. 16 February 1915. p. 1557.
- ^ "No. 30901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 September 1918. p. 10864.
- ^ "No. 34261". The London Gazette. 3 March 1936. p. 1386.
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