Dennis Silk
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| Full name | Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1931 Eureka, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 2019 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1955 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1960 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk CBE (8 October 1931 – 19 June 2019) was an English first-class cricketer and a public school headmaster, as Warden of Radley College, from 1968 to 1991. He was a close friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon, of whom he spoke and wrote extensively. In the 1990s he chaired the Test and County Cricket Board.