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Dennis Constable (14 August 1925 – November 2011) is a former English cricketer. Constable was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at East Molesey, Surrey.

The younger brother of Surrey cricketer Bernie Constable, Dennis made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in 1949 against Leicestershire and the touring New Zealanders, both at the County Ground, Northampton. In the match against Leicestershire he scored 8 runs in Northamptonshire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Gerry Lester, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat. In Leicestershire's first-innings he took two catches and in their second he followed up with another catch and a stumping. Against the New Zealanders, Constable batted at number eleven in Northamptonshire's first-innings, being dismissed for 12 by Ces Burke thanks to a stumping off his bowling by Frank Mooney. In their second-innings he wasn't required to bat. He took a single catch in the New Zealanders first-innings and followed that up with another in their second.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Dennis Constable". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
2. "Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, 1949 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
3. "Northamptonshire v New Zealanders, 1949". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

External links

• Dennis Constable at ESPNcricinfo
• Dennis Constable at CricketArchive

• 1925 births
• 2011 deaths
• People from Molesey
• English cricketers
• Northamptonshire cricketers
• Wicket-keepers
• Cricketers from Surrey