Autographs of Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most of his career at Arsenal, where he would win both the top flight and F.A. Cup.
A right-handed batsman and left-arm unorthodox spin bowler, Compton is regularly credited as one of England's most remarkable batsmen. Indeed, Sir Don Bradman said he was one of the greatest cricket players he'd ever seen. He is one of only twenty-five players to have scored over one hundred centuries in first-class cricket. In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.
Compton was born and brought up in what was then the urban district of Hendon, which later became part of Greater London; his father had moved there in hopes of finding more work. He was the second son and youngest child of Henry Ernest Compton, a self-employed painter and decorator, later a lorry driver when his business failed, and Jessie Anne (née Duthie); he had one elder brother, Leslie Harry (1912–1984) and one elder sister, Hilda Dorothy (1913–2002). He was educated at Bell Lane Primary School and joined the MCC ground staff at Lord's Cricket Ground at the age of 15. The previous summer he had begun to make a name for himself when, at that same venue, he scored 114 as captain of an Elementary Schools XI, impressing Test selector Sir Pelham Warner.
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Current items with a signature of Denis Compton
These are the most current items with a signature of Denis Compton that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Denis Compton Signed Letter - English Cricketer | £25.00 |  |
 | Miniture Cricket Bat Signed By Denis Compton Rare Autograph Middlesex Arsenal FC | £52.89 | |
Traded items with a signature of Denis Compton
The most expensive item with a signature of Denis Compton (4 Signed Postcards By Cricketers Inc Denis Compton, Laidlaw, Paine & Wyatt) was sold in November 2025 for £266.90 while the cheapest item (AUTOGRAPH DENIS COMPTON - MIDDLESEX CRICKET & ARSENAL FOOTBALLER HAND SIGNED) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2021. The month with the most items sold (11) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £6.27 for an autographed item of Denis Compton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2018 with £100.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Denis Compton is worth £9.27.
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