- Ernest Dynes
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Ernest Dynes
country = England
fullname = Ernest Desmond Dynes
dayofbirth = 30
monthofbirth = 3
yearofbirth = 1903
placeofbirth =Bedford
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 21
monthofdeath = 6
yearofdeath = 1968
placeofdeath =Ipswich ,Suffolk
countryofdeath =England
batting = Right-handed
bowling =Leg spin
club1 = Army
year1 = 1929-1931
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Minor Counties
year2 = 1928-1930
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 16 June
debutyear1 = 1928
debutfor1 = Minor Counties
debutagainst1 = West Indies
lastdate1 = 15 August
lastyear1 = 1931
lastfor1 = Army
lastagainst1 = MCC
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 9
runs1 = 410
bat avg1 = 27.33
100s/50s1 = 1/1
top score1 = 127
deliveries1 = 1178
wickets1 = 34
bowl avg1 = 15.02
fivefor1 = 2
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 5/31
catches/stumpings1 = 7/0
date = 26 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29188/29188.html CricketArchiveErnest Desmond Dynes (
30 March 1903 –21 June 1968 ) was an Englishcricket er in the 1920s and 1930s. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12290.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handedbatsman andleg spin bowler, he playedfirst-class cricket between 1928 and 1931. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29188/29188.html CricketArchive profile] ]Biography
Born in
Bedford in 1903, Ernest Dynes began playing for his native Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1921. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29188/all_teams.html Teams played for by Ernest Dynes] atCricketArchive ] In 1924, he was selected for a combined Minor Counties North team to play against a combined Minor Counties South team. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29188/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Ernest Dynes] at CricketArchive]He made his first-class debut for the combined Minor Counties team in June 1928, playing against the West Indies. The following year, he played for the Minor Counties against South Africa, and for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29188/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ernest Dynes] at CricketArchive] He scored 127 against the Royal Navy, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/13/13192.html Scorecard] of Army v Royal Navy,
24 July 1929 at CricketArchive] his only first-class century.In 1930, he played his last first-class match for the Minor Counties, against Wales, against whom he took 5/64, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/13/13518.html Scorecard] of Wales v Minor Counties,
18 June 1930 at CricketArchive] the only time he took five wickets in an innings in first-class cricket, and played for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the MCC. He played his last first-class matches in 1931, playing for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the MCC.He carried on playing for Bedfordshire until 1938 and played twice for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1938 and 1940.
Later in life, he served as
Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II between 1955 and 1957, for which he was awarded the CBE. He also served as honorary secretary of the Sussex County Golf Union. [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1969, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228446.html Obituaries] ] He died in 1968.References
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