Full name Walter Gordon Spencer Role Cricket Player Name Don Spencer | 1938–1948 Essex Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 2 August 1912 ( 1912-08-02 ) Chingford, Essex, England Died July 20, 1971, Chelmsford, United Kingdom | ||
Bowling style Left-arm orthodox spin | ||
Walter Gordon "Don" Spencer (2 August 1912 – 20 July 1971) was an English cricketer. Spencer was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Chingford, Essex.
Spencer made his first-class deubt for Essex against Somerset in the 1938 County Championship. He made a further first-class appearance that season against Middlesex. He scored a total of 27 runs in these two matches at an average of 9.00, with a high score of 10. Following World War II, Spencer returned to Essex to play a single first-class match in 1948 against Middlesex. In this match, he scored 25 runs in Essex's first-innings before being dismissed by Denis Compton. He took his only first-class wicket in Middlesex's second-innings when he dismissed Sydney Brown.
He died on 20 July 1971 at Chelmsford, Essex.