Chris Winn
Birth name | Christopher Elliott Winn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1926-11-13)13 November 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Beckenham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 August 2017(2017-08-27) (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
University | Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christopher Elliott Winn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-11-13)13 November 1926 Beckenham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 August 2017(2017-08-27) (aged 90) (pancreatic cancer) London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1948–1951 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1948–1952 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 27 May 2014 |
Christopher Elliott Winn (13 November 1926 – 27 August 2017) was an English rugby union player and cricketer. He played international rugby for England and first-class cricket for Sussex and Oxford University. He died in a nursing home from pancreatic cancer on 27 August 2017.[1]
Rugby
Winn played eight rugby union Tests for England between 1952 and 1954 as a winger, scoring three tries.[2] He won a Blue for Oxford University and after university played for Rosslyn Park, where he was later President.[3]
Cricket
He appeared in 59 first-class matches as a left-handed batsman who sometimes kept wicket. He scored 2,449 runs with a highest score of 146 not out,[4] one of two centuries, and completed 40 catches with one stumping.
References
External links
- Chris Winn at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Chris Winn at ESPNcricinfo
- Chris Winn at ESPNscrum
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