Denis Charles Scott Compton was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. He was also an accomplished footballer,who played most of his football career at Arsenal.
Sir Pelham Francis Warner,,affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket,was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator.
Leslie Harry Compton was an English sportsman who played football and cricket for Arsenal and Middlesex,respectively. He gained two England caps late in his football career,and remains the oldest outfield player to debut for England. His brother,Denis,was also a footballer and cricketer for Arsenal and Middlesex,though Leslie was more successful in football and Denis in cricket.
Elias Henry Hendren,known as Patsy Hendren,was an English first-class cricketer,active 1907 to 1937,who played for Middlesex and England. He also had a concurrent career as a footballer and had a long tenure with Brentford F.C. He was born in Turnham Green and died in Tooting Bec. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks,Hendren was one of the most prolific batsmen of the inter-war period,averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches and 50.80 in all his first-class matches. He has the third highest first-class run aggregate of 57,611 runs,and his total of 170 centuries ranks second only to Hobbs,who was a personal friend. Hendren was a noted wit,a keen practical joker and had a talent for mimicry.
Richard Leonard Johnson is a former international English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace swing bowler,Johnson made his first-class debut as a teenager in the 1992 County Championship as an opening bowler for Middlesex. He made headlines in 1994 when he took all ten Derbyshire wickets in their second-innings,returning figures of 10/45. He moved to Somerset in 2001,and made his Test debut two years later. He played three Tests and ten One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England in 2003,his only year of international cricket. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in October 2007,aged 32. He has since worked as a bowling coach for both Middlesex and Surrey,and as interim head coach for Middlesex.
William John Edrich was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),Norfolk and England.
John David Benbow Robertson was an English cricketer,who played county cricket for Middlesex,and in eleven Tests for England.
Alan Melville was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Tests from 1938 to 1949. He was born in Carnarvon,Northern Cape,South Africa and died at Sabie,Transvaal.
Nicholas Richard Denis Compton is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton,he represented England in 16 Test matches.
Timothy James Murtagh is an English-born Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He represented England in the 2000 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Richard Anthony Hutton is a former English cricketer,who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team in 1971. A right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler,Hutton's bowling was probably his stronger discipline,but he was considered an all-rounder. He played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is the son of cricketer Len Hutton,described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as "one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket."
Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling,Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex County Cricket Club in England after serving on the ground staff of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He rose to prominence during the 1906 home Test series and then in England the following year:he was described during the latter as the best bowler in the world by Tip Foster,and named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
Norman Bertram Fleetwood "Tufty" Mann was a South African cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1947 to 1951.
Lindsay Tuckett was a South African cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1947 to 1949.
Vintcent Adriaan Pieter van der Bijl is a retired South African cricketer. He was born in Rondebosch,Cape Town,where his father,Pieter van der Bijl,was headmaster of the Diocesan College Preparatory School after retiring from playing first-class cricket for Western Province and South Africa. His grandfather,V.A.W. van der Bijl,and great-uncle,Voltelin van der Bijl,also played first-class cricket for Western Province.
Patrick Mark Denis Compton is a South African journalist and retired cricketer.
John Andrew Simpson is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club. Simpson is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman who won the Denis Compton Award in 2004 at Lancashire,and 2011 at Middlesex. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2021.
The Denis Compton Oval is a cricket ground located at the Shenley Cricket Centre in Shenley,Hertfordshire,England. The ground was opened by Denis Compton and the main ground was named in his honour. At the heart of the centre is the 19th-century pavilion,originally designed by the legendary cricketer W. G. Grace.
Denis Hendren was an English cricketer and umpire. Hendren was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Turnham Green,Middlesex.
Norman Samuel Crookes is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1962 to 1970.
