Desmond Surfleet
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Dr Desmond Ford Surfleet (February 5, 1912 Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland – May 13, 2006 England) was an Irish cricketer and schoolmaster.
He was educated at the University College School and Cambridge University, where he qualified as a doctor. He created an impression for UCS in schools cricket and also in club cricket for Finchley.
He represented the University and Middlesex in 14 first-class matches between 1931 and 1933 as a defensive top-order batsman and off-spinner. He scored 86 on his Freshman's debut versus against the New Zealand tourists in 1931. He scored 337 runs at an average of 16.85 and took seven catches. After entering teaching, he took part in no further county cricket.
He was the second oldest surviving Middlesex cricketer at the time of his death in May 2006.