{{short description|English cricketer}} {{for|the Indigenous Australian cultural administrator|Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute#Governance and activities}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Dennis Stokes | country = England | fullname = Dennis Wilfrid Stokes | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|1|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|11|14|1911|1|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Reading, Berkshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | family = | club2 = Minor Counties | year2 = 1937–1938 | club1 = Berkshire | year1 = 1928–1966 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 47 | bat avg1 = 11.75 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 39 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 22 November | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21053.html Cricinfo }}
'''Dennis Wilfrid Stokes''' (26 January 1911 – 14 November 1998) was an English cricketer. Stokes was a wicket-keeper and right handed batsman. He was born in Reading, Berkshire and was educated at Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire.
Stokes made his debut for Berkshire in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. Nearly a decade later in 1927 he made his first-class debut for the Minor Counties against Oxford University. In this match, he was dismissed for a duck by David Macindoe, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 39 by Sandy Singleton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16205.html|title=Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1937|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref> He played a second first-class match for the Minor Counties the following season against the same opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33054/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Dennis Stokes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref> In this match, he scored a single run in the Minor Counties first-innings, before being dismissed by Michael Magill, while in their second-innings the same bowler dismissed him for 7.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16540.html|title=Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1938|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref> Stokes had been made Berkshire captain in 1937, a position he retained after World War II and held until 1954, when he seemingly played his final match for Berkshire against Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship. However, twelve years later he returned to play a single match in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. He made a total of 154 appearances for the county in that competition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33054/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dennis Stokes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref> and scored a total of 5,365 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/MC_Championship/Berkshire/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html|title=Most Runs for Berkshire|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref> As a wicket-keeper he holds the Berkshire record for the most stumpings made with 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/MC_Championship/Berkshire/WicketKeeping_Records/Most_Stumpings_In_Career_For.html|title=Most Stumpings in a Career for Berkshire|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 November 2011}}</ref>
He died at the town of his birth on 14 November 1998.
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=21053}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, Dennis}} Category:1911 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Cricketers from Reading, Berkshire Category:People educated at Wellingborough School Category:English cricketers Category:Berkshire cricketers Category:Berkshire cricket captains Category:Minor Counties cricketers Category:Wicket-keepers Category:20th-century English sportsmen