About Cyrus Ainsworth
Lived 1888 – 1940 (aged 51). Cyrus Ainsworth was a British cricketer.
Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth (4 August 1888 – 20 February 1940) was an English first-class cricketer. Ainsworth's batting style is unknown. He was born at Bury, Greater Manchester.
Ainsworth qualified as a surgeon prior to 1915. It was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the Royal Navy in September 1915. He continued to serve in the Royal Navy following the end of the war, as he was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1919. In a match Cambridge University won by an innings and 84 runs, Ainsworth scored 6 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Gordon Fairbairn, while in their second-innings he top scored with 71, before being dismissed by Gilbert Ashton.
He died at Elton, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.
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Who was Cyrus Ainsworth?
English cricketer (1888-1940)
When was Cyrus Ainsworth born?
Cyrus Ainsworth was born on 4 August 1888 in Bury.
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Cyrus Ainsworth died on 20 February 1940 in Elton.
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Cyrus Ainsworth was a cricketer.
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Cyrus Ainsworth was British.
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