Denis Hendren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Denis Hendren

cricketer

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1882

Place of Birth: Turnham Green, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-May-1962

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Denis Hendren

  • Denis Hendren (25 September 1882 – 29 May 1962) was an English cricketer and umpire.
  • Hendren was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow.
  • He was born at Turnham Green, Middlesex. Hendren made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Gloucestershire in the 1905 County Championship.
  • He made seven further first-class appearances for Middlesex between 1905 and 1907, playing his final match against Nottinghamshire in the 1907 County Championship.
  • During this period he met little success, scoring 86 runs with a high score of 23.
  • He also took 2 wickets, which came at a bowling average of 42.50.Hendren moved to the north of England, where he made his debut for Durham in the 1910 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.
  • Between 1910 and 1914, he made forty Minor Counties Championship appearances, with World War I leading the cancellation of county cricket until 1919.
  • Hendren served as a private in the Durham Light Infantry during the war.
  • He made a return to first-class cricket after the war with Middlesex in the 1919 County Championship at Lord's, where he played alongside his more famous brother and future England Test cricketer Patsy Hendren.
  • He claimed the wicket of Harry Dean in this match, while with the bat he scored 15 runs in Middlesex's first-innings, before being dismissed by Charlie Hallows, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten on 8, with the match ending in a draw.
  • This match represented his final first-class appearance, he returned to Durham in 1921, playing in two Minor Counties Championship matches against Northumberland and the Yorkshire Second XI.He later stood as a first-class umpire between 1931 and 1957, standing in 390 matches.
  • He died at Paddington, London on 29 May 1962.

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