Cyril Turner (cricketer)
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Cyril Turner was a first class cricketer who played 200 first class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1924 to 1950 and one match for the Minor Counties in 1935. He was born on January 11, 1902 in Wombwell, Yorkshire and worked in the South Yorkshire Coal fields before joining Yorkshire, whom he served as player, coach and scorer for 31 years. He scored 6,132 runs at 26.2 with 2 centuries, against Somerset (130) and Hampshire (115). He took 181 catches and 173 wickets at 30.94 with his right arm medium pace, with a best of 7 for 54 against Gloucestershire. He took 5 wickets in an innings 4 times. He won his Yorkshire Cap in 1935. He was part of the team which dominated county cricket in the 1930s.
Sir Leonard Hutton remembered Turner as a 'kind mentor and companion' in his formative years with Yorkshire in the 1930s and a young Fred Trueman was a beneficiary of Turner's perception at a coaching session at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Recognising Fiery Fred's talent he thrust the young Maltby colliery haulage worker into the county spotlight. Turner died on November 19, 1968, Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire. His brother Francis Turner played five matches for Yorkshire and son Brian Turner played twice.
