biography
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Compton, Denis (Charles Scott)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1918–97)
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| biography:
| Cricketer, born in London, UK. He played cricket for England 78 times, and scored 5807 runs at an average of 50·06. His county team was Middlesex. In the 1947 season he scored a record 3816 runs, including a record 18 centuries. During his career (1936–57) he made 38 942 runs and took 622 wickets. A winger at soccer, he won an England cap during the war years. His career was spent with Arsenal, and along with his brother, Leslie Compton (1912–84), he won a Football Association Cup-winner's Medal in 1950. He became a journalist and broadcaster when he retired from active sport. |
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