Īs with many other sportsmen of his generation, he lost some of his best years to the Second World War, during which he served in the army in India. In 1939 he scored 2468 runs for the season, including 120 against the West Indies at Lord's. Later in the same series he scored a match-saving 76 not out at Lord's this innings was scored on a rain-affected pitch and greatly impressed Don Bradman. Hearne in 1911, for the youngest Test century by an England batsman, and remains the record to this day. He scored his first Test century aged just 20 years and 19 days in 1938 against Don Bradman's touring Australians. At 19 years and 83 days, he remains the third youngest England debutant ever. Ĭompton earned his first England cap against New Zealand in 1937. As an all-rounder Compton was a right-hand bat and a slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler. His dashing approach to batting and the sheer enjoyment he exuded endeared him to a generation of cricket lovers. īy the late 1930s, Compton was one of England's finest batsmen, and remained at the top of his profession for some twenty years. The previous summer he had begun to make a name for himself when, at that same venue, he scored 114 as captain of an Elementary Schools XI, impressing Test selector Sir Pelham Warner. He was educated at Bell Lane Primary School and joined the MCC ground staff at Lord's Cricket Ground at the age of 15.
DEAN COMPTON DRIVER
He was the second son and youngest child of Henry Ernest Compton, a self-employed painter and decorator, later a lorry driver when his business failed, and Jessie Anne (née Duthie) he had one older brother, Leslie Harry (born 1912) and one older sister, Hilda (born 1913). Compton was born and brought up in what was then the urban district of Hendon, which later became part of Greater London his father had moved there in hopes of finding more work.
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