Stan Worthington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricket player from Britain
Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1905
Place of Birth: Bolsover, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 31-Aug-1973
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Stan Worthington
- Thomas Stanley "Stan" Worthington (21 August 1905 – 31 August 1973) was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937.
- He was an all-rounder, scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first-class wickets. Worthington was born at Bolsover, Derbyshire and went to Netherthorpe Grammar School, Staveley, Derbyshire.
- He became an electrician with the Bolsover Colliery Company and played for the Colliery Club in the Bassetlaw League.
- Fred Tate, who was talent-spotting for Derbyshire, saw him and introduced him to the club in 1923.Worthington played his debut for Derbyshire in August 1924 against Nottinghamshire, his only game that year.
- He scored a duck in his first innings and 12 in his second, but took four wickets in the match.
- He played three matches in 1925 and from 1926 played for the full season for the rest of his career. Worthington was a middle order right-hand batsman and a medium-fast right-arm bowler.
- In neither role did he often hit the headlines, but his consistency and reliability was big factor in the success that Derbyshire enjoyed through the 1930s.
- The county, normally one of the weaker English first-class cricket teams, won the County Championship for the only time in its history in 1936, for which each player was awarded with a Gold Watch, engraved with the players name, date and championship title. Worthington played Test cricket nine times for England, starting with the New Zealand tour in 1929/30.
- His greatest success was against India in 1936, when he scored 87 at Old Trafford and 128 at The Oval.
- In the second game, he shared a fourth wicket partnership of 266 with Wally Hammond that remains a record for Tests between England and India.
- He then toured Australia and New Zealand with Gubby Allen, but an attempt to turn him into an opener was not a success, and he played no more Test cricket. Worthington with Derbyshire stayed for a couple of seasons after the Second World War and then played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland.He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1937. Worthington died at King's Lynn in 1973.
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