Cyrus Ainsworth

Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth (4 August 1888 – 20 February 1940) was an English first-class cricketer. Ainsworth's batting style is unknown. He was born at Bury, Greater Manchester.

Cyrus Ainsworth

Personal information
Full name	Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth
Born	4 August 1888 Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Died	20 February 1940(1940-02-20) (aged 51) Elton, Lancashire, England
Batting	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 77 Batting average 38.50 100s/50s –/1 Top score 71 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2013

Ainsworth qualified as a surgeon prior to 1915. It was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the Royal Navy in September 1915.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

He died at Elton, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.