Christopher Elliott Winn (13 November 1926 – 27 August 2017) was an English

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player and

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. He played international rugby for

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and

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for

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and

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. He died in a nursing home from

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on 27 August 2017.

Rugby

Winn played eight rugby union

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for England between 1952 and 1954 as a winger, scoring three tries. He won a

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and after university played for Rosslyn Park, where he was later President.

Cricket

He appeared in 59 first-class matches as a left-handed

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who sometimes kept wicket. He scored 2,449 runs with a highest score of 146

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,Oxford University v Free Foresters 1950
/ref> one of two centuries, and completed 40 catches with one stumping.

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