Roly Jenkins, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Roly Jenkins

English Test and County cricketer

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1918

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1995

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Roly Jenkins

  • Roly Jenkins (sometimes spelt Roley) (24 November 1918 – 22 July 1995) was an English cricketer, almost exclusively for Worcestershire as a leg spinner in the period immediately after World War II.
  • Along with Doug Wright and Eric Hollies, Jenkins was a star of the last generation of English leg-spinners before a more defensive mindset, followed by the advent of one-day cricket, all but killed off home grown wrist spinners. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted, "true to the leg-spinner's image, Roly Jenkins was one of the game's great characters and entertainers whose performances ebbed and flowed with how the mood took him.
  • in an era when wrist-spinners flourished, Roly was one of the bigger spinners of the ball, if not always the most accurate".

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