ENGLAND · Batter · 1905–1910

Lucky Denton

On scorecards: D Denton

In-game rating: 72/99

BATTING

MATCHES

INNINGS

424

RUNS

20.19

AVERAGE

104

HIGH SCORE

1 / 1

100s / 50s

FIELDING

CATCHES

STUMPINGS

CAREER IN BRIEF

Lucky Denton played 11 Tests for England in CricArcade's archive, from 1905 to 1910. The first came against Australia at Headingley, with scores of 0 and 12, and the last against South Africa at Newlands in 1910.

The most productive decade was the 1910s: 240 runs at 26.7 in 5 Tests. The highest score in the archive is 104 against South Africa at Old Wanderers in 1910, in a match England won. In all: 1 hundred, 1 fifty.

The most runs came against South Africa: 412 runs at 21.7 in 10 Tests. Old Wanderers was the most frequent ground, with 5 Tests and 286 runs at 28.6. England won 3 of the Tests Lucky Denton played and lost 7, with 1 drawn.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 11 Test scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
104	–	South Africa	Old Wanderers	1910	Won
61	–	South Africa	Old Wanderers	1906	Lost
34	–	South Africa	Old Wanderers	1906	Lost
34	–	South Africa	Newlands	1906	Won
28	–	South Africa	Old Wanderers	1910	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
South Africa	10	412	21.68	1/1
Australia	1	12	6.00	0/0

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
Home	1	12	6.00	0/0
Away	10	412	21.68	1/1

BY DECADE

Decade	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
1900s	6	184	15.33	0/1
1910s	5	240	26.67	1/0

GROUNDS

Ground	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
Old Wanderers	5	286	28.60	1/1
Newlands	4	120	17.14	0/0
Headingley	1	12	6.00	0/0
Lord's	1	6	3.00	0/0

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Australia, 1905 at Headingley
Latest in the archive: v South Africa, 1910 at Newlands

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