Dennis Wainwright

Dennis Arlen Wainwright[upper-alpha 1] MBE (born 17 November 1935) is a Bermudian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He played one first-class cricket match for Bermuda against New Zealand in 1972.[1] It was the maiden first-class match to be played by the Bermuda cricket team.[2] As well as playing cricket, Wainwright was the goalkeeper for the Bermuda national football team.[3]

Dennis Wainwright
Personal information
Full nameDennis Arlen Wainwright[upper-alpha 1]
Born (1935-11-17) 17 November 1935
Bermuda
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72Bermuda
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 11
Batting average 5.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 7
Catches/stumpings 0/2
Source: Cricinfo, 13 October 2011

Wainwright was born in Bermuda in 1935 and grew up in the Flatts area of the island.[1][3] He was educated at Harrington Sound and played island cricket for the Flatts side and for St Georges Cricket Club, opening the batting and captaining the side for a period.[4] He played from 1957 until at least 1984, including playing non-first-class matches against a numbering of touring international and English county sides and touring England, Canada and North America with Bermuda Wanders.[3][5] On a tour of England in 1961 he was part of an opening partnership with Sheridan Raynor of 253 runs against an English Counties XI.[6]

After retirement he remained involved in St Georges' cricket[4] and was awarded an MBE in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to sport and community on Bermuda.[7]

Notes
  1. CricInfo gives Wainwright's forename as David. CricketArchive and a number of Bermudan press reports give it as Dennis.

References
  1. David Wainwright, CricInfo. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  2. "Bermuda's maiden First-class match". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. Burgess D (2006) Wainwright gets his MBE, Bermuda Sun, 6 August 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. Trott L (2018) Wainwright: we didn’t have the bowlers to win, The Royal Gazette, 7 August 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. David Wainwright, CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. End of a Glorious Innings, The Royal Gazette, 21 December 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. Birthday Honours: Diplomatic and Overseas, The Independent, 11 June 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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