Dennis Breakwell

Dennis Breakwell
Personal information
Full name
Dennis Breakwell
Born (1948-07-02) 2 July 1948 (age 76)
Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969–1972Northamptonshire
1973–1984Somerset
FC debut21 June 1969 Northants v Oxford University
Last FC18 June 1983 Somerset v Derbyshire
LA debut3 August 1969 Northants v Surrey
Last LA1 August 1984 Somerset v Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class LA
Matches 231 186
Runs scored 4,792 1,386
Batting average 19.80 14.14
100s/50s 1/16 0/0
Top score 100* 44*
Balls bowled 30,220 3,875
Wickets 422 86
Bowling average 30.84 30.17
5 wickets in innings 12 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 8/39 4/10
Catches/stumpings 80/– 40/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 February 2010

Dennis Breakwell (born 2 July 1948 to John (Jack) Breakwell and Florence Emily Talbot), is a former English first-class cricketer who made over 400 appearances between 1969 and 1984 playing for Northamptonshire and Somerset County Cricket Clubs. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Breakwell developed into an all-rounder as his career progressed,[1] and he featured in a series of strong sides at Northampton alongside Colin Milburn and Sarfraz Nawaz and at Somerset alongside Joel Garner, Viv Richards and Ian Botham, rooming with the latter two in his early days at the club. Following the end of his playing career he became coach and head groundsman at King's College, Taunton coaching among others England batsman Jos Buttler and Somerset's Alex Barrow and Tom Webley.

Breakwell's only first-class century came against the New Zealanders at Taunton in July 1978.[2] His best bowling figures, 8 for 39, came when Northamptonshire beat Kent by an innings and 54 runs at Dover in 1970: his victims included Mike Denness, Colin Cowdrey, John Shepherd, Alan Knott and Derek Underwood.[3]

Breakwell was hit for six consecutive sixes (not in the same over) by South African all-rounder Mike Procter in the Gloucestershire versus Somerset County Championship match at Taunton on the 27th of August, 1979.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Dennis Breakwell". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Somerset v New Zealanders". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Kent v Northants". Wisden.
  4. ^ Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes in a County game against Somerset off Dennis Breakwell". www.cricketcountry.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.