Lyndhurst Winslow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1855
Place of Birth: Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Feb-1915
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Lyndhurst Winslow
- Lyndhurst Winslow (10 January 1855 – 6 February 1915) was an English cricketer.
- Winslow was a right-handed batsman.
- The son of evangelical preacher Octavius Winslow and Hannah Ann Ring, he was born at Leamington, Warwickshire. Winslow made his first-class debut for Sussex against Gloucestershire in 1875 at the County Ground, Hove.
- He scored a century in his maiden innings, making 124 runs.
- His second first-class appearance came shortly after this match, for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's.
- Immediately following this match, he made a two first-class appearances in quick succession, for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South at The Oval, and for the South against the North at Trent Bridge.
- He made four further first-class appearances in 1875, all for Sussex, with his final appearance coming against Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham.
- In total, Winslow made eight first-class appearances, scoring 337 runs at an average of 30.63.He later emigrated to South Africa.
- In 1891 he was runner-up at the inaugural South African Championships tennis tournament in Port Elizabeth.
- Winslow died in Johannesburg on 6 February 1915.
- His son, Charles, was a three time Olympic tennis medalist.
- He won two gold medals, once each in the men's singles and doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
- Eight years later, in Antwerp, he won a bronze medal in the men's singles event.
- Charles' son and Lyndhurst's grandson, Paul, would play Test cricket for South Africa.
- Winslow's cousin, Octavius Winslow, was also a first-class cricketer.
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