Dennet Ayling

Dennet Ernest Ayling (June 8, 1906 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 18, 1987 in Los Cocos, Cordoba, Argentina), played first-class cricket for the Argentina cricket team in international matches and toured England as a member of the 1932 South American team, which played several first-class cricket matches.

Dennet Ayling

Personal information
Full name	Dennet Ernest Ayling
Born	(1906-06-08)8 June 1906 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	18 December 1987(1987-12-18) (aged 81) Los Cocos, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Relations	Cyril Ayling (brother) Cecil Ayling (brother)
International information
National side	Argentina
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 16 Runs scored 653 Batting average 24.18 100s/50s –/4 Top score 88 Balls bowled 3,233 Wickets 79 Bowling average 16.43 5 wickets in innings 7 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 6/10 Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 January 2011

As a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler, Ayling's figures in the limited number of first-class matches that he played suggest that he was potentially one of the best cricketers produced by Argentina. On the South American tour of England in 1932, he scored 342 runs in the six first-class matches at an average of 42 and took 33 wickets at just over 16 runs each. His best batting performance was an unbeaten 86 in the match against Sir Julien Cahn's XI and in the match against Oxford University he took 10 wickets for 87 in the two Oxford innings.

In Argentina, he played domestic cricket to a high standard for 20 years. His brothers Cyril, Cecil and Eric also played for Argentina.

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933 edition
• CricketArchive.com