Denis Atkinson

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Denis Atkinson West Indies (WI)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Legbreak googly
	Tests	First-class
Matches	22	78
Runs scored	922	2812
Batting average	42.33	28.40
100s/50s	1/5	5/14
Top score	219	219
Balls bowled	5201	unknown
Wickets	47	200
Bowling average	35.04	26.45
5 wickets in innings	3	6
10 wickets in match	0	2
Best bowling	7/53	8/58
Catches/stumpings	11/0	39/0
Test debut: 10 November 1948 Last Test: 17 January 1958 Source: [1]

Denis St Eval Atkinson (August 9, 1926, Rockley, Christ Church — November 9, 2001, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches as an all-rounder, hitting 922 runs and taking 47 wickets. He also played first class cricket for Barbados and Trinidad. Atkinson holds the Test record for the highest seventh-wicket partnership - as captain, he made a stand of 347 with Clairmonte Depeiaza against Australia in 1954–55 to put up a total of 510 in the first innings of a drawn match. Atkinson also led West Indies to a series win in New Zealand the following year.

Preceded by Jeffrey Stollmeyer

West Indies Test cricket captains 1954/5 - 1955/6

Succeeded by Gerry Alexander

[edit] References

• Player Profile: Denis Atkinson from Cricinfo