Len_Dolding

Len Dolding

Len Dolding

English cricketer and footballer

Desmond Leonard Dolding (13 December 1922 – 23 November 1954) was an English footballer and cricketer.

Born in Nundygroog, South India, Dolding served as a bomb-aimer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[1]

He was a footballer playing as a winger for Chelsea (27 league appearances in 1946 – 1948) and Norwich City (12 appearances). He played non-league football for Wealdstone, Dover and Margate. Played in winning Wealdstone team in Middlesex Sports Red Cross final at Wembley in 1942 – beating RAF, Uxbridge in extra time. (said to be first amateur final played at Wembley)[2]

He was on the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) staff for seven years.[1] An excellent fielder, his main claim to fame on the cricket pitch was as twelfth man for England in the Lord's Test of 1949.[1] He played only once for Middlesex, against Yorkshire in 1951, but appeared frequently for the MCC as a right-arm leg-break bowler.[1][3]

On 12 November 1954, Dolding was a passenger in a car that collided with a trolleybus standard in Wembley.[4] The car was being driven by Middlesex teammate Syd Brown. Dolding died on 23 November 1954.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Obituaries in 1954". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1955. Retrieved 23 April 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  2. [2]
    100 Images of a Works Cricket Team – D.E.Coleman
  3. [3]
    "Miscellaneous Matches Played by Len Dolding (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. [4]
    "News in Brief". The Times. 13 November 1954. Retrieved 23 April 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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