deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 180 23 june 2010 1 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 1950 & ndash ; 1973 2011 30 march 1930 & ndash ; right-arm off break right-arm medium england kirtlington , oxfordshire , england oxfordshire & ndash ; right-handed dennis banton nottingham , nottinghamshire , england list a http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14313.html cricinfo 1930 3 30 yes 24 & ndash ; & ndash ; / & ndash ; 3 dennis banton

dennis banton

dennis banton -lrb- 30 march 1930 -- 23 june 2010 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
banton was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace .
he was born in nottingham , nottinghamshire and known by his nickname joe .
banton made his debut for oxfordshire in the 1950 minor counties championship against devon .
banton played minor counties cricket for oxfordshire from 1950 to 1973 which included 177 minor counties championship matches .
he scored 5,092 runs at an average of 21.49 , while with the ball he took 571 wickets for the county in minor counties cricket .
an able fielder , he took 134 catches .
he made his list a debut against cambridgeshire in the 1967 gillette cup .
he played 2 further list a matches , the last coming against durha in the 1972 gillette cup .
in his 2 list a matches , he scored 24 runs at a batting average of 8.00 , with a high score of 13 .
with the ball , he bowled 30 wicket-less overs .
banton captained oxfordshire from 1962 to 1967 .
banton 's professional career was as a school teacher .
he was headteacher at temple cowley secondary school in oxford , a position he held from the age of 36 , until his retirement 21 years later in 1988 .
outside of cricket , he was an able golfer , table tennis player and lawn bowls player .
living his final years at kirtlington , oxfordshire , he died on 23 june 2010 .
