Cyrus Ainsworth

Background

He was born at Bury, Lancashire.

Career

Ainsworth"s batting style is unknown. Ainsworth qualified as a surgeon prior to 1915. lieutenant was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the Royal Navy in September 1915.

He continued to serve in the Royal Navy following the end of the war, as he was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University at Fenner"s in 1919.

He died at Elton, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.

Achievements

• In a match Cambridge University won by an innings and 84 runs, Ainsworth scored 6 runs in the Royal Navy"s first-innings, before he was dismissed by Gordon Fairbairn, while in their second-innings he top scored with 71, before being dismissed by Gilbert Ashton.