Derek Pratt

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

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

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| country = England

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| fullname = Derek Edward Pratt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Balham, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|1|10|1925|10|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Banstead, Surrey, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

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| family = Ronald Pratt (brother)

| club1 = Bedfordshire

| year1 = 1958–1963

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| club2 = Surrey

| year2 = 1954–1957

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 171

| bat avg1 = 21.37

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 765

| wickets1 = 13

| bowl avg1 = 30.15

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 6/119

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 27 August

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18603.html Cricinfo

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Derek Edward Pratt (31 October 1925 – 10 January 1997) was an English cricketer. Pratt was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Balham, London.

Pratt made his first-class debut for Surrey against Cambridge University in 1954 at Fenner's. He made eight further first-class appearances for Surrey, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1957.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6197/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Derek Pratt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} In his nine first-class appearances for Surrey, he scored 171 runs at an average of 21.37, with a high score of 33.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6197/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Derek Pratt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} With the ball, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 30.15, with best figures of 6/119.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6197/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Derek Pratt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} These figures represented his only five wicket haul and came against the Combined Services in 1956 at The Oval.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22116.html|title=Surrey v Combined Services, 1956|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}} He joined Bedfordshire in 1958, making his debut for the county against Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1958 to 1963, making a total of 35 appearances, the last of which came against Staffordshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6197/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Derek Pratt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 August 2012}}

He died at Banstead, Surrey, on 10 January 1997. His brother, Ronald, also played first-class cricket.