John Dew (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-May-1920
Place of Birth: Horsham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 07-Sep-2008
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Dew (cricketer)
- John Alexander Dew MBE (12 May 1920 – 7 September 2008) was an English cricketer.
- Dew was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper.
- He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Educated at Tonbridge School, Dew played cricket and rugby for the school, it was in rugby that he captained the school.
- From Tonbridge, he read medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
- While at St Catharine's he played cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club (though the suspension of first-class cricket at the time due to World War II meant none of his matches were first-class), earning a wartime Blue.
- After leaving St Catharine's, he qualified as a medical practitioner at the Royal London Hospital.In first-class cricket, Dew made two first-class appearances for Sussex in the 1947 County Championship against Worcestershire and Warwickshire, scoring a total of 51 runs at an average of 17.00, with a high score of 29, while behind the stumps he took a single catch and made a single stumping.
- Fourteen years later, he made a third and last appearance in first-class cricket, this time for L.C.
- Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, with Dew scoring 9 runs in the match, as well as taking 4 catches.
- Outside of first-class cricket, he played for Horsham Cricket Club, captaining the club for ten years and serving as its President for 47 years.
- He was the founder of the Sussex Cricket Festival, and was heavily involved in coaching young cricketers.Staying close to his roots for much of his life, Dew worked as a GP in the Horsham area.
- In addition to that, he was a founding member of the West Sussex Philharmonic Choir, as well as a governor of Collyer's College in Horsham.
- He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex, and was appointed MBE for services to the community.
- He died at the town of his birth on 7 September 2008.
- Following his death, he was awarded a Lifetime Achiever award by the England and Wales Cricket Board in October 2008, and a new building at Collyer's College was named after him.
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