Boris Wilenkin
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| Full name | Boris Charles Gregory Wilenkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1933 Belgravia, London, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm (unknown) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1956 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 2 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boris Charles Gregory Wilenkin (20 June 1933 – 18 March 2003) was an English first-class cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Free Foresters between 1956–59.
Life and first-class cricket
Wilenkin was born at Belgravia in June 1933. He was educated at Harrow School, where he played for the school as an opening batsman for three years.[1] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1951 Minor Counties Championship.[2] He carried out his national service as a second lieutenant with the Irish Guards in 1952.[3] The following year he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] While studying at Cambridge Wilenkin made his debut in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1955.[5] He debuted the following year for Cambridge University, making ten first-class appearances for the university in 1956.[5] He scored 512 runs in these ten matches, at an average of 30.11 and a high score of 105,[6] made against Leicestershire.[7] He played his final minor counties matches for Oxfordshire in 1956, having made 29 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] He played further first-class matches for the Free Foresters in 1956, 1958 and 1959.[5] He also appeared in two first-class matches for D. R. Jardine's XI in 1958.[5]
In his later years he was the secretary of Oxford Downs Cricket Club.[8] Wilenkin died at Oxford in March 2003.
References
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- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- English cricketers
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- Irish Guards officers
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