50006 Cricketer Denis Compton Coalport Commerative Plate

Cricketer Denis Compton Coalport Commerative Plate - Made in England Attention Cricket Fans. (COMPTON, D.C.S.). A Coalport china plate bearing a central portrait of Compton, encircled by bats and stumps, each containing details of one of his hundred first-class centuries. The design is completed by a border of balls and bails and edged in gold. (Issued c.1985). Diameter 23cms. Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most of his career at Arsenal.[1] A right-handed batsman and left-arm unorthodox spin bowler, Compton is regularly credited as one of England's most remarkable batsmen.[2] Indeed, Sir Don Bradman said he was one of the greatest cricket players he'd ever seen.[3] He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket.[4] In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[5] The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.[6][7]