# Bernie Constable

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = Bernard Constable of Surrey CCC.png
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Bernard Constable
|          birth_date = 19 February 1921
|         birth_place = [East Molesey](/source/East_Molesey), [Surrey](/source/Surrey), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|5|14|1921|2|19|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Huntingdon](/source/Huntingdon), [Huntingdonshire](/source/Huntingdonshire), England
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = [Leg break](/source/Leg_break)
|                role =
|               club1 = [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1939–1964
|             columns = 2
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 446
|               runs1 = 18,849
|            bat avg1 = 30.45
|           100s/50s1 = 27/96
|          top score1 = 205[*](/source/not_out)
|         deliveries1 = 5,517
|            wickets1 = 64
|           bowl avg1 = 47.14
|            fivefor1 = 1
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 5/131
|  catches/stumpings1 = 180/–
|             column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches2 = 2
|               runs2 = 4
|            bat avg2 = 2.00
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 4
|         deliveries2 = 0
|            wickets2 = –
|           bowl avg2 = –
|            fivefor2 = –
|             tenfor2 = –
|       best bowling2 = –
|  catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
|                date = 16 June
|                year = 2022
|              source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/bernie-constable-11274 Cricinfo
}}

'''Bernard Constable''' (19 February 1921 – 14 May 1997) was an English [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er who played for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) from 1939 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Constable |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28677/28677.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> He was a member of the Surrey team that won seven successive [County Championship](/source/County_Championship)s from 1952 to 1958.<ref name=WObit/>

==Career==
Constable was born to a family of boat builders in [East Molesey](/source/East_Molesey), [Surrey](/source/Surrey), in 1921.<ref name=WObit>''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1998, p. 1430.</ref> Playing for the Surrey club [East Molesey](/source/East_Molesey_Cricket_Club) for the earlier part of his career, he was a right-handed batsman, occasional leg-break bowler, and brilliant fieldsman at cover point.<ref name=WObit/>

After service in the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force), Constable established himself in the Surrey team in 1948. He scored 18,849 runs in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) at an average of 30.45, including 27 centuries. In his 434 matches for Surrey his highest innings was 205 not out in five hours against Somerset at The Oval in 1952.<ref name=WObit/> Small in stature, Constable was a fine cutter of the ball.<ref>''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 1950 edition, Surrey Report</ref> His most successful season was 1961, when he scored 1799 runs, despite having had a kneecap removed.<ref name=WObit/> He batted up and down the order as the needs of the team demanded. He was a useful leg-spinner early in his career, becoming an occasional change bowler later on. [Micky Stewart](/source/Micky_Stewart) said of Constable: "He knew the game inside out and every first-class player inside out. I learned more about cricket from Bernie Constable than from anyone else."<ref name=WObit/>

He died in [Huntingdon](/source/Huntingdon) in May 1997, aged 76. His brother [Dennis](/source/Dennis_Constable) was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/11274.html}}

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Category:1921 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Surrey cricketers
Category:English cricketers
Category:Combined Services cricketers
Category:Royal Air Force cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:North v South cricketers
Category:People from Molesey
Category:A. E. R. Gilligan's XI cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Surrey
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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