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Do you mean "by the 1930s", since his birth is given as 1918, hence he would have been all of 12 years old and a little precocious even by India/Pakistan standards? Sweetalkinguy 01:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Compton played his last test in the 56/57 season (in South Africa), but retired from first class cricket in 1964. Agingjb 21:58, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
From the sledging article:
"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an equally inept runner, "When he shouts 'YES' for a run, it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally, Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time."
That conflicts with this article. So.... was the "basis for further negotions" quote coined by Compton or about him as this article says?
-- LiamE 15:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The comment about Kevin Pietersen resembling Denis Compton does not belong here. It has nothing to do with Denis, and is a POV anyway, after all, how often did Sir Geoffrey watch as Denis made a Test century? For what it's worth (if anything), it belongs on the Kevin Pietersen page. If nobody objects, I will remove it thence.
My only serious memory (as a child) of Denis Compton is that he scored the winning runs (a four) to secure the Ashes for England in 1953 -- all part of the Coronation euphoria that gripped the country that summer. I think this deserves a mention. Escoville ( talk) 08:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
This section doesn't seem very encylcopedic. I'd strongly recommend it's deleted. Any dissent? -- Dweller ( talk) 11:54, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Denis Compton's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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Is it worth mentioning that after his retirement from sports he worked as a cricket journalist? I remember an article of his in the Sunday Express prophesying that Tendulkar would become one of the greatest batsmen ever, written after he first saw him. Seadowns ( talk) 23:33, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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Do you mean "by the 1930s", since his birth is given as 1918, hence he would have been all of 12 years old and a little precocious even by India/Pakistan standards? Sweetalkinguy 01:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Compton played his last test in the 56/57 season (in South Africa), but retired from first class cricket in 1964. Agingjb 21:58, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
From the sledging article:
"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an equally inept runner, "When he shouts 'YES' for a run, it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally, Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time."
That conflicts with this article. So.... was the "basis for further negotions" quote coined by Compton or about him as this article says?
-- LiamE 15:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The comment about Kevin Pietersen resembling Denis Compton does not belong here. It has nothing to do with Denis, and is a POV anyway, after all, how often did Sir Geoffrey watch as Denis made a Test century? For what it's worth (if anything), it belongs on the Kevin Pietersen page. If nobody objects, I will remove it thence.
My only serious memory (as a child) of Denis Compton is that he scored the winning runs (a four) to secure the Ashes for England in 1953 -- all part of the Coronation euphoria that gripped the country that summer. I think this deserves a mention. Escoville ( talk) 08:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
This section doesn't seem very encylcopedic. I'd strongly recommend it's deleted. Any dissent? -- Dweller ( talk) 11:54, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Denis Compton's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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cite news}}
: Unknown parameter |deadurl=
ignored (|url-status=
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Is it worth mentioning that after his retirement from sports he worked as a cricket journalist? I remember an article of his in the Sunday Express prophesying that Tendulkar would become one of the greatest batsmen ever, written after he first saw him. Seadowns ( talk) 23:33, 7 February 2018 (UTC)