About Len Dolding
Lived 1922 – 1954 (aged 31). Len Dolding was a British association football player and cricketer.
Desmond Leonard Dolding (13 December 1922 – 23 November 1954) was an English footballer and cricketer.
Born in Nundygroog, South India, Dolding served as a bomb-aimer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
He was a footballer playing as a winger for Chelsea (27 league appearances in 1946 – 1948) and Norwich City (12 appearances). He played non-league football for Wealdstone, Dover and Margate. Played in winning Wealdstone team in Middlesex Sports Red Cross final at Wembley in 1942 – beating RAF, Uxbridge in extra time. (said to be first amateur final played at Wembley)
He was on the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) staff for seven years.
On 12 November 1954, Dolding was a passenger in a car that collided with a trolleybus standard in Wembley. The car was being driven by Middlesex teammate Syd Brown. Dolding died on 23 November 1954.
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Who was Len Dolding?
English cricketer (1922-1954)
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Len Dolding was born on 13 December 1922 in Wembley.
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Len Dolding died on 23 November 1954 in Wembley.
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Len Dolding was an association football player and cricketer.
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Len Dolding was British.
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