Jack Dennis (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| name =

| country = England

| fullname = John Newman Dennis

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|1|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leytonstone, Essex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|8|21|1913|1|4|df=yes}}

| death_place = England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| family =

| club1 = Essex

| year1 = 1934–1939

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 22

| runs1 = 530

| bat avg1 = 17.66

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 53

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| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–

| date = 24 October

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11872.html Cricinfo

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John Newman Dennis (4 January 1913 – 21 August 2006) was an English cricketer. Dennis was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leytonstone, Essex. He was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow.

Dennis made his first-class debut for Essex against Glamorgan in the 1934 County Championship. A further first-class appearance came in 1936, while in the following three seasons he made a handful of appearances in each, making a total of 22 appearances between 1934 and 1939.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4826/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Dennis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 October 2011}} In his 22 first-class appearances, he scored 530 runs at a batting average of 17.66, with a high score of 53.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4826/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Dennis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 October 2011}} This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Sussex in 1937.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16283.html|title=Essex v Sussex, 1937 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 October 2011}}

He died on 21 August 2006.