Denys Wilcox

Denys Wilcox (4 June 1910 – 6 February 1953) was an English cricketer and schoolmaster.

Denys Wilcox
Personal information
Full nameDenys Robert Wilcox
Born(1910-06-04)4 June 1910
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died6 February 1953(1953-02-06) (aged 42)
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsJohn Wilcox (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928–1951Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 179
Runs scored 8399
Batting average 29.47
100s/50s 15/42
Top score 157
Balls bowled 173
Wickets 3
Bowling average 45.33
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/0
Catches/stumpings 130/0
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2013

Career
Cambridge University Team 1933

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]

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References
  1. Lemmon, David (1994). The Book of Essex Cricketers. Breedon Books. p. 185. ISBN 1873626770.
  2. Wisden 1954, p. 931.
  3. "Denys Wilcox". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. "First-class matches played by Denys Wilcox". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Essex". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. "Alleyn Court Trustees". www.alleyn-court.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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