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Denis Compton
| Denis Compton CBE (deceased) Born 23rd May 1918, Denis Compton became a leading batsman for the England cricket team in the 1930s, and remained at the top of the game until retiring in 1956. The pinnacle of his career was in 1947 where he broke several world records, including scoring 18 centuries and almost 4000 runs in a season. He went on to become a cricket commentator for the BBC. Outside of cricket, he also played football for Arsenal, winning the league in 1948 and the FA Cup in 1950. Sadly, Denis Compton died on 23rd April 1997. |
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Lords by Alan Fearnley. Lords Cricket Ground, owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Lords is widely known as the home of cricket. The scene depicts an England international cricket test viewed from G Stand, which was in 1991 was replaced with a new stand, the Compton stand, named after the former Middlesex and England batsman Dennis Compton. The print was signed in 1980 by Denis Compton. |
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