JD
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
English cricketer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
6 January 1803
Death:
1 August 1885
The details
Biography
John Dyke (6 January 1803 – 1 August 1885) was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born in Lullingstone and died in Sittingbourne.
Dyke made a single first-class appearance for Kent, in 1822, against Marylebone Cricket Club. Despite scoring a duck in the first innings of the match, he scored 35 runs in the second innings of the match, the second highest score of the innings.
Dyke's brothers, Percyvall and Thomas, and nephew Edwin Dyke, all played first-class cricket, as well as his brother-in-law Herbert Jenner-Fust.