David Townsend (cricketer)

David Townsend

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	3	37
Runs scored	77	1801
Batting average	12.83	29.04
100s/50s	-/-	4/6
Top score	36	195
Balls bowled	6	1142
Wickets	-	6
Bowling average	-	83.50
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	2/31
Catches/stumpings	1/-	16/-
Source: [1],

David Charles Humphrey Townsend (20 April 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an English cricketer who played in three Tests in 1935.

Born in Norton, County Durham, David Townsend was a right-handed batsman, sometimes used as an opener, who holds the record of being the last cricketer to have played Test cricket for England without playing for one of the first-class English counties. Townsend's first-class cricket was principally for Oxford University and he won his Blue in the University match in 1933 and 1934. But his other cricket was mainly for Durham, which was at that time one of the Minor Counties.

After two good university seasons, Townsend was picked for a rather makeshift MCC side that toured the West Indies in 1934-35 under Bob Wyatt. He opened in three of the four Tests but was not a success, and the series as a whole was won by the West Indian cricket team, the side's first series victory. Townsend played little first-class cricket after this tour, though his final match was not until 1948.

Townsend was the son of Charles Townsend, also an England Test player, and his own son, Jonathan, played first-class cricket for Oxford University in the 1960s. David Townsend died at age 84 in Norton, County Durham.

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1934, 1935 and 1936 editions.
• Who's Who of Cricketers, by Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn and Peter Wynne-Thomas

Persondata
Name	Townsend, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 April 1912
Place of birth
Date of death	27 January 1997
Place of death