DENNIS COMPTON.

dENNIS COMPTON was a very famous cricketer and a footballer as well. He was born on 23/5/1918 and died in the year 23/4 / 1997. Both Dennis Compton and his brother LESLIE COMPTON both played cricket for MIDDLESEX county for years. DENNIS was more of a allrounder, he was a right handed middle order batsman and a useful slow left arm chinaman bowler. DENNIS played for ENGLAND in his first test verses NEWZEALAND, on 14 / 8 /1937 and hislast match verses SOUTH AFRICA on 5 /3 /1957. He played a total of 78 matches in whichhe scored 5807 runs the average was 50 .06. He scored 17 100s and 28 50s his top score was278 runs. He bowled atotal of2710 balls and took a total of only 25 wickets.
His football was played entirely with one club only and that club was ARSENAL. f .c. His position was outside left. While LESLIE played on the right. He played 54 games for ARSENAL, and scored a total of15 goals for the club. He played from the year 1936 to 1950 for ARSENAL. We must always remember that due to his cricket with the M. C. C. He had to sacrifice his football for cricket . And in those days travel was by ship and not air so it took more time traveling.
DENNIS COMPTON won the E. P. L. gold medal with ARSENAL in the year1948 . And the F. A. Cup gold medal with ARSENAL in the year 1950 . Most likely he is the only cricketer to play for ENGLAND and even win these medals for football.
His sporting career was hampered badly when he colided with the CHARLTON ATHELATIC goalkeeper . After which he suffered from knee trouble always.