(1940-12-01)1 December 1940 Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died
19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 72) London, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm off break Right arm medium
Role
Batsman, match referee
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 444)
21 August 1969 v New Zealand
Last Test
14 July 1975 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 21)
5 September 1973 v West Indies
Last ODI
18 June 1975 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1959–1967
Scotland
1962–1976
Kent
1977–1980
Essex
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
28
12
501
232
Runs scored
1,667
264
25,886
5,393
Batting average
39.69
29.33
33.48
27.23
100s/50s
4/7
0/1
33/152
6/28
Top score
188
66
195
118*
Balls bowled
–
–
84
–
Wickets
–
–
2
–
Bowling average
–
–
31.00
–
5 wickets in innings
–
–
0
–
10 wickets in match
–
–
0
–
Best bowling
–
–
1/7
–
Catches/stumpings
28/–
1/–
410/–
94/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2009
Michael Henry DennessOBE (1 December 1940 – 19 April 2013)[1][2] was a Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Kent and Essex.
Scotland did not have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at Test and ODI level. He was the sixth player born in Scotland to play for England, after Gregor MacGregor, Alec Kennedy, Ian Peebles, David Larter and Eric Russell, but remains the only England captain to be born in Scotland (Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig had Scottish parents, but Jardine was born in Bombay and Greig in South Africa).[1][3]
Denness later became an ICC match referee. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975. He was president of Kent County Cricket Club in 2012–13.
^ abBateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 47. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
^"Former England captain Denness dies". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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