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Sidney Stretton (20 November 1902 – 14 January 1984) was an English cricketer. Stretton was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast. He was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire. He was registered at birth as Sydney Stretton.

Sidney Stretton

Personal information
Full name	Sidney Stretton
Born	(1902-11-20)20 November 1902 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Died	14 January 1984(1984-01-14) (aged 81) Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928	Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 1 Batting average 0.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 1 Balls bowled 192 Wickets 2 Bowling average 60.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/120 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2011

Stretton made a single first-class appearance for Northamptonshire against Surrey at the County Ground, Northampton in the 1928 County Championship.[1] In Northamptonshire's first-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Alan Peach, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by the same bowler. With the ball, he took the wickets of Charles Daily and Bob Gregory for the cost of 120 runs from 32 overs.[2]

He died at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire on 14 January 1984.

References

External links

• Sidney Stretton at ESPNcricinfo
• Sidney Stretton at CricketArchive

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