Cyrus Ainsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cyrus Ainsworth

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1888

Place of Birth: Bury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1940

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Cyrus Ainsworth

  • Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth (4 August 1888 – 20 February 1940) was an English first-class cricketer.
  • Ainsworth's batting style is unknown.
  • He was born at Bury, Lancashire. Ainsworth qualified as a surgeon prior to 1915.
  • It was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the Royal Navy in September 1915.
  • He continued to serve in the Royal Navy following the end of the war, as he was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1919.
  • In a match Cambridge University won by an innings and 84 runs, Ainsworth scored 6 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Gordon Fairbairn, while in their second-innings he top scored with 71, before being dismissed by Gilbert Ashton.He died at Elton, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.

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