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had pulled a muscle on board the boat carrying them there. The match was drawn, but
England ended up losing the four-match series 2–0. He was dropped from the Test side at the start of the following summer, but played one final Test later in 1948, when he was selected for the Fourth Test in
485:, and again at Lord's in 1948. He resigned as captain of Lancashire at the end of his second season to concentrate on his dental practice in Liverpool. He played for the North of England against the South in 1947, 1949 and 1950, and played his last first-class match in 1950.
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Cranston practised as a dentist in
Aigburth until 1990. He was president of Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1993–94, and was a president of the Lancashire Former Players' Association.
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in 1947, with the team losing only one match. The team was fifth in 1948. Cranston himself scored over 1,000 runs in each year, and took 84 and then 79 wickets. He also played in two
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He married twice. He first married Mary Joyce
Harrison in 1942. They had a daughter and a son, but were divorced in 1964. He married Joanne Legg later that year; they had a son.
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during the war. He played cricket for the Royal Navy and
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who bowled fast-medium and batted in the middle of the
326:(20 October 1917 – 8 January 2007) was an English
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402:of Lancashire in 1947, replacing acting captain
503:. Following his own death eleven days later in
578:England's oldest surviving Test cricketer dies
469:Cranston led Lancashire to third place in the
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386:in Lancashire after the war. He also played
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439:Marylebone Cricket Club
398:Cranston was appointed
1568:20th-century dentists
1518:Lancashire cricketers
358:Cranston was born in
88:, Lancashire, England
69:, Lancashire, England
1553:Gentlemen cricketers
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477:matches in 1947, at
341:and eight times for
257:5 wickets in innings
38:Personal information
1337:; 1992/93–1998/99;
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785:; 1894/95–1897/98:
593:The Daily Telegraph
475:Gentlemen v Players
471:County Championship
335:first-class cricket
269:10 wickets in match
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1503:English cricketers
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847:1907/08; 1909/10:
453:at Bridgetown, as
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1193:1973/74–1974/75;
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910:A. E. R. Gilligan
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744:1887/88–1891/92:
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620:, 27 January 2007
608:, 23 January 2007
596:, 10 January 2007
447:captained England
416:Oxford University
380:Combined Services
364:Liverpool College
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135:Career statistics
16:English cricketer
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1413:
1409:; 2008/09–2012:
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1219:
1211:
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1189:
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1173:
1163:
1152:
1140:
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1128:; 1966–1968/69:
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1081:
1073:
1069:; 1950/51–1951:
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390:for the county.
324:Kenneth Cranston
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105:Right-arm medium
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349:Life and career
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244:Bowling average
182:Batting average
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1397:2006–2006/07:
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1358:
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1331:
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82:(aged 89)
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866:Leveson Gower
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115:National side
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68:
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36:
32:
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1286:
1274:
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1103:
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1066:
1050:
1048:
1037:
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984:
957:
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917:
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846:
811:
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782:
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753:
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705:
629:The Guardian
627:
615:
603:
591:
573:ESPNcricinfo
569:Ken Cranston
541:
498:
495:
492:
468:
436:
428:Old Trafford
424:South Africa
420:Test cricket
406:. He was an
404:Jack Fallows
397:
384:club cricket
372:World War II
357:
323:
322:
280:Best bowling
97:Right-handed
80:(2007-01-08)
23:Ken Cranston
18:
1533:2007 deaths
1528:1917 births
1436:2017–2022:
1390:Trescothick
1379:2003–2008:
1361:1999–2003:
1242:1980–1981:
1234:; 1977/78:
1223:1977–1981:
1179:Illingworth
1177:1969–1973:
1113:1955–1961:
766:C. A. Smith
752:1888–1896;
483:Scarborough
464:Invincibles
455:Gubby Allen
451:West Indies
441:(MCC) side
408:all-rounder
170:Runs scored
153:First-class
144:Competition
1487:Categories
1339:2000; 2001
1126:1961; 1962
1088:D. B. Carr
1067:1949; 1950
1060:F. G. Mann
941:Stanyforth
922:A. W. Carr
902:F. T. Mann
726:Shrewsbury
682:Lillywhite
515:References
489:Later life
432:Headingley
376:Royal Navy
354:Early life
339:Lancashire
59:1917-10-20
1447:, 2022−:
1419:Pietersen
1250:1981/82:
1206:1974/75:
1185:1972/73:
1086:1951/52:
1077:1951/52:
1049:1947/48:
978:Calthorpe
976:1929/30:
968:1929/30:
948:1927/28:
939:1927/28:
900:1922/23:
864:1909/10:
856:1907/08:
794:1895/96:
773:1888/89:
764:1888/89:
716:1882/83:
696:1881/82:
680:1876/77:
617:The Times
571: at
505:Southport
460:the Ashes
331:cricketer
293:stumpings
205:Top score
86:Southport
67:Liverpool
1399:Flintoff
1355:Atherton
1252:Fletcher
1225:Brearley
1170:Graveney
1159:; 1967:
1124:; 1960;
1106:Sheppard
1051:Cranston
960:; 1929:
894:Tennyson
816:MacLaren
787:Stoddart
624:Obituary
612:Obituary
600:Obituary
588:Obituary
582:Cricinfo
360:Aigburth
314:Source:
291:Catches/
194:100s/50s
1472:Italics
1411:Strauss
1381:Vaughan
1372:Butcher
1363:Hussain
1343:Stewart
1335:1992/93
1299:Emburey
1291:Gatting
1275:1983/84
1260:1983/84
1236:Boycott
1232:1977/78
1199:Denness
1042:Yardley
1038:1946/47
1031:Hammond
1006:Walters
997:Jardine
958:1928/29
950:Stevens
933:Chapman
878:Douglas
832:Jackson
812:1897/98
796:O'Brien
400:captain
370:before
343:England
328:amateur
231:Wickets
159:Matches
122:England
102:Bowling
94:Batting
1456:2024:
1449:Stokes
1405:2006;
1370:1999:
1305:1988:
1297:1988:
1264:Willis
1244:Botham
1208:Edrich
1168:1968:
1138:Dexter
1104:1954:
1097:Hutton
1079:Howard
1023:Robins
1021:1937:
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916:1926;
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884:1912:
840:Foster
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830:1905:
824:Warner
775:Bowden
732:1886;
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479:Lord's
388:hockey
219:bowled
1318:Gooch
1279:Gower
1217:Greig
1187:Lewis
1161:Close
1071:Brown
1015:Allen
989:Wyatt
962:White
858:Jones
805:Hawke
758:Grace
738:Steel
718:Bligh
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251:27.84
248:25.61
225:11688
217:Balls
189:34.82
186:14.92
148:Tests
1458:Pope
1445:2020
1438:Root
1430:Cook
1426:2010
1407:2007
1351:2001
1327:Lamb
1314:1988
1287:1988
1271:1982
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551:ISBN
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300:46/-
286:7/43
283:4/12
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