Richard Cecil Denis Compton (born 29 March 1956) is a retired South African

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. Compton was the third son of the English Test cricketer

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 ...

, Denis's second son with his second wife Valerie Platt. He was born in London and brought up in South Africa from 1960. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he represented

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in seven first-class matches in the

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, five in 1978/79 and two in 1980/81. He scored 99 runs at an

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of 9.00 and took eighteen wickets at an

of 22.11, with best bowling figures of 3/42 in the first innings against Western Province in February 1979. His brother

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also played first-class cricket for Natal, and his uncle

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, Denis's brother, played for Middlesex (and for Arsenal and England at football). His son

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captained Harrow in 2001, played first-class cricket for

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(2001–2010 and 2015 to 2018) and

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(2010–2014). Nick made his test debut for England in 2012 against India.

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* 1956 births Living people KwaZulu-Natal cricketers South African cricketers South African people of English descent {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1950s-stub