Frank Dennis
Frank Dennis (11 June 1907 – 21 November 2000)cap in 1929.
Life
Dennis was born in
Minor Counties Championship.[2]
He played for Heckleton Main, Hull, Baildon, and Undercliffe and scored over 1,000 runs as a professional for Oxton (Cheshire) in 1935.
He is part of a cricketing dynasty. His brother-in-law was
Richard Hutton, likewise played for Yorkshire and England; other nephews, Simon Dennis, played for Yorkshire and Glamorgan, and John Hutton played a game for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[2]
In 1948, he emigrated to New Zealand to take up fruit farming near Christchurch, and became a selector for the Canterbury Cricket Association. He and his wife Margaret had two sons and a daughter. One of their sons, Andrew (1944–2016), was a noted conservationist and author, and was awarded the MNZM.[3]
Frank Dennis died in November 2000 in Christchurch at the age of 93.
References
- ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ a b c Wisden 2001, p. 1585.
- ^ Fletcher, Jack. "A voice for the wilderness is silenced – conservationist Andy Dennis dies". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 October 2018.