Cyrus Ainsworth
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| Full name | Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1888 Bury, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 1940 (aged 51) Elton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth (4 August 1888 – 20 February 1940) was an English first-class cricketer. Ainsworth's batting style is unknown. He was born at Bury, Lancashire.
Ainsworth qualified as a surgeon prior to 1915. It was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the Royal Navy in September 1915.[1] He continued to serve in the Royal Navy following the end of the war, as he was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1919.[2] In a match Cambridge University won by an innings and 84 runs, Ainsworth scored 6 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Gordon Fairbairn, while in their second-innings he top scored with 71, before being dismissed by Gilbert Ashton.[3]
He died at Elton, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 29316". The London Gazette. 5 October 1915. p. 9757.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Cyrus Ainsworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Royal Navy, 1919". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
External links
[edit]- Cyrus Ainsworth at ESPNcricinfo
- Cyrus Ainsworth at CricketArchive