Ernest Desmond Dynes CBE (30 March 1903 – 21 June 1968) was an English cricketer in the 1920s and 1930s and later a Brigadier in the British Army and an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1928 and 1931.
Biography
Born in Bedford in 1903, Ernest Dynes was educated at Bedford Modern School"The Harpur Trust 1552-1973" by Joyce Godber, 1973 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst."Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1958", Published by Kelly's Directories 1958 He began playing for his native Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1921.Teams played for by Ernest Dynes at CricketArchive In 1924, he was selected for a combined Minor Counties North team to play against a combined Minor Counties South team.Other matches played by Ernest Dynes at CricketArchive
He made his first-class debut for the combined Minor Counties team in June 1928, playing against the West Indies. The following year, he played for the Minor Counties against South Africa, and for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.First-class matches played by Ernest Dynes at CricketArchive He scored 127 against the Royal Navy,Scorecard of Army v Royal Navy, 24 July 1929 at CricketArchive his only first-class century.
In 1930, he played his last first-class match for the Minor Counties, against Wales, against whom he took 5/64,Scorecard of Wales v Minor Counties, 18 June 1930 at CricketArchive the only time he took five wickets in an innings in first-class cricket, and played for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He played his last first-class matches in 1931, playing for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the MCC.
He carried on playing for Bedfordshire until 1938 and played twice for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1938 and 1940. He also played rugby for Bedford.Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 202–208
Later in life, he served as Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II between 1955 and 1957, for which he was awarded the CBE. He also served as honorary secretary of the Sussex County Golf Union.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1969, Obituaries He died in 1968.
References