Dennis George A'Court (27 July 1937 – 23 May 2021) was a

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er who played for Gloucestershire. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman, he played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1960 and 1963. He was born in

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, a former mining village. He took 145 first-class wickets, with a best of 6 for 25 against the South African tourists in 1960: '' Wisden'' noted that he "shocked the South Africans with his accuracy, liveliness, and disconcerting swing and movement of the ball." He took five wickets in an innings on five occasions.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:A'Court, Dennis 1937 births 2021 deaths Cricketers from Caerphilly County Borough Gloucestershire cricketers Welsh cricketers