{{short description|England international rugby union player & cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Chris Winn | birth_name = Christopher Elliott Winn | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Beckenham, Kent, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|08|27|1926|11|13}} | death_place = London, England | height = | weight = | school = | university = Oxford | ru_position = Winger | ru_currentteam = | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | amatapps1 = | amatpoints1 = | ru_amupdate = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | totalyears = | totalapps = | totalpoints = | ru_clubupdate = | repyears1 = 1952–54 | repteam1 = {{nrut|England}} | repcaps1 = 8 | reppoints1 = 12 <!--3 tries, think they were worth 3 at that point!--> | ru_ntupdate = 27 August 2017 }} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Chris Winn | image = | country = England | fullname = Christopher Elliott Winn | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Beckenham, Kent, England | death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|08|27|1926|11|13}}<br>(pancreatic cancer) | death_place = London, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1948–1951 | club2 = Sussex | year2 = 1948–1952 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 59 | runs1 = 2449 | bat avg1 = 24.98 | 100s/50s1 = 2/12 | top score1 = 146 not out | deliveries1 = 36 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 34.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/21 | catches/stumpings1 = 40/1 | date = 27 May | year = 2014 | source = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33986/33986.html Cricket Archive] }}
'''Christopher Elliott Winn''' (13 November 1926 – 27 August 2017) was an English rugby union player and cricketer. He played international rugby for England and first-class cricket for Sussex and Oxford University. He died in a nursing home from pancreatic cancer on 27 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chris Winn, rugby player – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/10/10/chris-winn-rugby-player-obituary/|accessdate=11 October 2017|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
==Rugby== Winn played eight rugby union Tests for England between 1952 and 1954 as a winger, scoring three tries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Winn|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/5497.html|publisher=ESPNscrum|accessdate=11 October 2017}}</ref> He won a Blue for Oxford University and after university played for Rosslyn Park, where he was later President.<ref>{{cite web|title=Park News|url=http://rosslynpark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/parknews06.pdf|website=rosslynpark.co.uk}}</ref>
==Cricket== He appeared in 59 first-class matches as a left-handed batsman who sometimes kept wicket. He scored 2,449 runs with a highest score of 146 not out,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19278.html Oxford University v Free Foresters 1950]</ref> one of two centuries, and completed 40 catches with one stumping.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{CricketArchive|id=33986}} * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=23108}} * {{ESPNscrum|5497}}
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