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Duncan Fearnley
Charles Duncan Fearnley (12 April 1940 – 8 March 2024), more commonly known as Duncan Fearnley, was an English first class cricketer who, after retirement as a player, became a producer of cricket bats. Fearnley was also the great-uncle of British Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson.
Fearnley was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire. In 1955 he had just played for the England Schoolboys team and hoped for a career in professional cricket, but during the winter months he began making cricket bats to supplement his income.
The first bats Fearnley made were branded 'Tudor Rose', but soon they became known as 'Fearnley of Farsley'.
Fearnley's could not make it into his home county's 1st XI, only managing to play for Yorkshire's second XI with two appearances in 1959. He sought trials elsewhere and in 1960 joined Worcestershire where after two further seasons of second XI cricket, he made his first-class debut in 1962. As a left-hand opening batsman he played 97 matches for Worcestershire between 1962 and 1968, featuring most often during the county's maiden Championship-winning season of 1964 when he appeared 22 times. His average was always around 20, with a highest season average of 25.60 achieved in 1966 when he made his only first-class century, an innings of 112 against Derbyshire at Kidderminster.
Fearnley left Worcestershire at the end of 1968 and played three seasons of Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire, before returning to Worcestershire to captain the second XI in 1972.
Fearnley became chairman of Worcestershire in 1986 and was influential in signing Ian Botham and Graham Dilley to the county ahead of the 1987 season. During his tenure as chairman the club had its most successful period in its history winning six trophies. After leaving the role in 1998, he served on the county's committee. He would go on to serve the county as Club President from 2011 to 2013.
Fearnley was one of the founders of Chance to Shine, the cricketing charity, alongside Mark Nicholas and Mervyn King.
At the same time he established his highly successful eponymous bat-manufacturing company, during the early years Fearnley got many of his ex-playing colleagues and opponents to use his products. Introducing new forms of sponsorship, he built the brand around these friends. John Snow was the first to use the Duncan Fearnley bat in an international, with the likes of Basil D'Oliveira and Dennis Amiss close behind.
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Duncan Fearnley
Charles Duncan Fearnley (12 April 1940 – 8 March 2024), more commonly known as Duncan Fearnley, was an English first class cricketer who, after retirement as a player, became a producer of cricket bats. Fearnley was also the great-uncle of British Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson.
Fearnley was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire. In 1955 he had just played for the England Schoolboys team and hoped for a career in professional cricket, but during the winter months he began making cricket bats to supplement his income.
The first bats Fearnley made were branded 'Tudor Rose', but soon they became known as 'Fearnley of Farsley'.
Fearnley's could not make it into his home county's 1st XI, only managing to play for Yorkshire's second XI with two appearances in 1959. He sought trials elsewhere and in 1960 joined Worcestershire where after two further seasons of second XI cricket, he made his first-class debut in 1962. As a left-hand opening batsman he played 97 matches for Worcestershire between 1962 and 1968, featuring most often during the county's maiden Championship-winning season of 1964 when he appeared 22 times. His average was always around 20, with a highest season average of 25.60 achieved in 1966 when he made his only first-class century, an innings of 112 against Derbyshire at Kidderminster.
Fearnley left Worcestershire at the end of 1968 and played three seasons of Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire, before returning to Worcestershire to captain the second XI in 1972.
Fearnley became chairman of Worcestershire in 1986 and was influential in signing Ian Botham and Graham Dilley to the county ahead of the 1987 season. During his tenure as chairman the club had its most successful period in its history winning six trophies. After leaving the role in 1998, he served on the county's committee. He would go on to serve the county as Club President from 2011 to 2013.
Fearnley was one of the founders of Chance to Shine, the cricketing charity, alongside Mark Nicholas and Mervyn King.
At the same time he established his highly successful eponymous bat-manufacturing company, during the early years Fearnley got many of his ex-playing colleagues and opponents to use his products. Introducing new forms of sponsorship, he built the brand around these friends. John Snow was the first to use the Duncan Fearnley bat in an international, with the likes of Basil D'Oliveira and Dennis Amiss close behind.