David Sydenham

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = David Sydenham

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| fullname = David Alfred Donald Sydenham

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|4|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Surbiton, Surrey, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1957 to 1972

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 145

| runs1 = 485

| bat avg1 = 7.13

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 22*

| deliveries1 = 25,698

| wickets1 = 487

| bowl avg1 = 19.98

| fivefor1 = 26

| tenfor1 = 3

| best bowling1 = 9/70

| catches/stumpings1= 52/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 8

| bat avg2 = 4.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 8

| deliveries2 = 528

| wickets2 = 13

| bowl avg2 = 20.15

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/6

| catches/stumpings2= 3/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33157/33157.html CricketArchive

| date = 29 December

| year = 2021

}}

David Alfred Donald Sydenham (born 6 April 1934) is a former English first-class cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he played with Surrey County Cricket Club from 1957 to 1965, then had one further match in 1972.{{cite web |title=David Sydenham |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33157/33157.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=28 March 2022}}

In the 1962 season Sydenham topped the national bowling averages with 115 wickets at 17.65. In May 1964 he took 9 for 70 and 3 for 31 in Surrey's victory over Gloucestershire at The Oval.{{cite web |title=Surrey v Gloucestershire 1964 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1964/ENG_LOCAL/CC/SURREY_GLOUCS_CC_13-14MAY1964.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=28 March 2022}} In his first List A match, he took 4 for 6 off 9 overs against Cheshire in the Gillette Cup in 1964; he took Cheshire's first four wickets in five balls, including a hat-trick.Wisden 1965, p. 646.

A chiropodist by profession,{{cite journal |title=Sydenham Retires |journal=Liverpool Echo |date=2 December 1965 |page=20}} David Sydenham held managerial posts in the National Health Service.

He was sometimes confused with his contemporary, the Southampton footballer John Sydenham, to whom he was not related.