Doug Wright (cricketer)

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Doug Wright England (ENG)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right arm leg-break
	Tests	First-class
Matches	34	497
Runs scored	289	5903
Batting average	11.11	12.34
100s/50s	-/-	-/16
Top score	45	84*
Balls bowled	8135	92960
Wickets	108	2056
Bowling average	39.11	23.98
5 wickets in innings	6	150
10 wickets in match	1	42
Best bowling	7/105	9/47
Catches/stumpings	10/-	182/-
Test debut: 10 June 1938 Last Test: 24 March 1951 Source: [1]

Douglas Vivian Parson Wright (August 21, 1914 – November 13, 1998) was an English cricketer.

Wright was born in Sidcup, Kent in 1914. He played first-class cricket for Kent for 25 years, from 1932 to 1957, and was their first professional captain from 1953 to 1956. He also played in 34 Test matches for England.

He was a leg-spinner, and was regarded as one of the most difficult to play of all English bowlers of the time. He took seven hat-tricks in first-class cricket, which is still a record as of 2006, and took over 100 wickets in a season ten times. Nevertheless, he also bowled too many bad balls; hence his rather high Test average of 39.11.

He served in the British Army during World War II. After retiring as a player, he became coach at Charterhouse School. He died in Canterbury, Kent in 1998, aged 84.