from Lantana, TX
09 August 1926 • Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados
Died:09 November 2001 • Barbados
Denis Atkinson " Denis St Eval Atkinson " ( 9 August 1926 ndash 9 November 2001 ) was a West Indies cricket team cricketer who played 22 Test cricket matches as an all-rounder, hitting 922 runs and taking 47 wickets
When Gary Sobers was a boy Atkinson encouraged him by asking him to bowl to him at practice.
who played for the Wanderers Cricket Club in Barbados, was able to leave work at his insurance office early for extra batting practice, and he used to put a shilling on top of the stumps and tell Sobers he could have it if he knocked it off.
Barbados cricket player • Trinidad and Tobago cricket player • West Indies Test cricket player • West Indian cricket player
Activity:Cricket