It is interesting to reflect on the stereotypes that exist with respect to the various batting "styles" of players from certain countries, like the Calypso flair regularly argued to be inherent to ...

Nick Compton has insisted he feels no extra burden in carrying one of the most famous surnames in English cricket as he bids to follow grandfather Denis into the Test match arena. Denis Compton was ...

Dennis and Leslie Compton are one of only three sets of brothers who have played for Arsenal. Both brothers appeared for The Gunners from the start of the 1930s all the way through to the early 1950s ...

LONDON — Former England batsman Nick Compton announced his retirement from cricket on Thursday. The 35-year-old grandson of England great Denis Compton did not play for his county Middlesex in 2018.

Freddie Mills is a British boxer, one of the best. A light heavyweight, he had just kayoed Champ Johnny Ralph to win South Africa’s heavyweight crown. Denis Compton is a British cricketer and a friend ...