- Joseph Dennis
Joseph Dennis (born c. December 1778 and christened
6 January 1779 inNottingham ; died16 November 1831 in Nottingham) was an Englishfirst-class cricket er who played forNottingham Cricket Club from 1800 to 1829.Career
Dennis took part in nine first-class matches for Nottingham, mostly "versus"
Sheffield Cricket Club . He also played against Hampshire and Leicester. In 1826, he appeared for Nottingham as captain and wicketkeeper (an occasional role for him) against a combined eleven from Sheffield and Leicester. At forty-seven, he was the oldest man on his side.Dennis retired from the game in 1828 because of failing vision, but he was a popular man and greatly missed. In 1829, he gave in to public pressure and agreed to stage a two-match come-back.
Private life
Dennis was landlord of the Eclipse Inn at Chapel Bar in Nottingham and appears to have been a betting man: in 1815, he laid £120 on a local match and won.
On
16 November 1831 , Dennis suffered a stroke while in the Bell Inn and was carried by its landlord, Mr Clarke, back to the Eclipse, where he died shortly afterwards, only a month subsequent to the death of his wife. Nottinghamshire author J.F. Sutton observed that "his name lived on in the memories of thousands".External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29041/29041.html CricketArchive record of Joseph Dennis]
References
* Ashley-Cooper, Frederick Samuel: "Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers" (H.B. Saxton, 1923).
* Sutton, John Frost: "The Date-Book of Remarkable and Memorable Events Connected with Nottingham and its Neighbourhood: 1750-1850" (Simpkin & Marshall, 1852).
* Sutton, John Frost: "Nottingham Cricket Matches from 1771 to 1853" (Simpkin & Marshall, 1853).
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