5 Famous cricketers who had also tried a career in football

#4 Denis Compton

Denis Compton earned great success in cricket as well as football.

Denis Compton was one of the most successful sports persons who pursued his career in cricket as well as football. He played his debut football match in the year 1936 and his debut cricket match in the year 1937. In spite of playing both the sports simultaneously, he managed to balance both of them and earned huge success and fame from them.

He chose Arsenal as his football team and England as his cricket team and played for the same teams until his last match. He scored the total of 15 goals in his foot-balling career and smashed the total of 5807 test runs in his career.

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#5 Wally Hardinge

Wally Hardinge only played 1 international cricket match for England.

Wally Hardinge was also one among the other cricketers whose career dwindled between football and cricket. He first kept his feet in the football studs and then in the cricket shoes. He made his debut as a footballer in the year 1905 and as a cricketer in the year 1921.

Wally Hardinge was the one who received more success in his foot-balling career as compared to cricket. During his foot-balling career from 1905 to 1921, he played for 3 different teams and scored 60 goals in his 210 appearances. However, he made his cricketing debut in the year 1921 but got only 1 chance to play an international test match in which he scored 30 runs.