Patrick Mark Denis Compton (born 28 November 1952) is a South African journalist and retired

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Background

He played for Middlesex 2nd XI against Sussex 2nd XI as a batsman in 1968. He later played for Natal in three first-class matches in the

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in 1979/1980. He scored 97 runs (average 19.40) with a personal best of 52. The second son of the cricketer and footballer

Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most o ...

(through his second marriage), he was brought up with his younger brother

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by their mother Valerie in South Africa. His son,

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, is a Kent cricketer who formerly represented Nottinghamshire. Patrick Compton is also one of the leading cricket writers in South Africa, having worked for the Independent group in Durban for many years.

References

1952 births Living people KwaZulu-Natal cricketers South African cricketers South African people of English descent {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1950s-stub