Ernest Denny
Personal information
Full name
Ernest Wriothesley Denny
Born5 February 1872
Paddington, Middlesex, England
Died10 October 1949(1949-10-10) (aged 77)
Garboldisham, Norfolk, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1891Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average –
100s/50s –/–
Top score 1*
Balls bowled 10
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2020

Ernest Wriothesley Denny DL DSO (5 February 1872 – 20 October 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of T. A. Denny, he was born at Paddington in February 1872.[1] He was educated at Wellington College, before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1891.[3] Batting twice in the match, Denny was unbeaten without scoring in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he was unbeaten having scored a single run. He also bowled two wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, Denny attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1891.[2] He graduated as a second lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in January 1892,[5] before transferring to the Middlesex Regiment in March.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1896 and later served during the Second Boer War with the 13th Hussars, during which he was promoted to captain in October 1901.[7][8] He was promoted to major in October 1906,[9] before retiring from active service in July 1910.[10] Denny returned to active service during the First World War,[11] during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in September 1918.[12] Denny later served as a deputy lieutenant for Norfolk in 1936.[13] He died in October 1949 at Garboldisham, Norfolk.

References

  1. ↑ "Major Ernest Wriothesley Denny". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 166.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Denny". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "No. 26243". The London Gazette. 8 January 1892. p. 135.
  6. ↑ "No. 26266". The London Gazette. 11 March 1892. p. 1439.
  7. ↑ "No. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
  8. ↑ "No. 27380". The London Gazette. 26 November 1901. p. 8088.
  9. ↑ "No. 27954". The London Gazette. 2 October 1906. p. 6628.
  10. ↑ "No. 28393". The London Gazette. 8 July 1910. p. 4859.
  11. ↑ "No. 29070". The London Gazette. 16 February 1915. p. 1557.
  12. ↑ "No. 30901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 September 1918. p. 10864.
  13. ↑ "No. 34261". The London Gazette. 3 March 1936. p. 1386.
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