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Martin Dyson

Martin Dyson

English cricketer and schoolmaster (1935–2019)

Edward Martin Dyson (21 October 1935 – 22 December 2019) was an English cricketer and schoolmaster who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1958 to 1960.[1]

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Martin Dyson attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, from 1947 to 1954, before going up to Keble College, Oxford.[2] A batsman who sometimes opened the innings, he made his highest first-class score of 68 not out in Oxford's innings victory over Free Foresters in 1960.[3]

After leaving Oxford he taught at St Paul's School in London, Eton College, and Ludgrove School in Berkshire. He and his wife Evelyn had a son and a daughter.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 240. ISBN 9781472975478.
  2. [2]
    Wisden 1959, p. 291.
  3. [3]
    "Oxford University v Free Foresters 1960". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Obituaries". WGHS in Touch. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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