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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Aubrey Sinden<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Aubrey Maurice Sinden<br />
| birth_date = 17 November 1917<br />
| birth_place = [[East Grinstead]], [[Sussex]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|1|13|1917|11|17|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Copthorne, West Sussex|Copthorne]], Sussex, England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = Occasional [[wicket-keeper]]<br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1945/46<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 76<br />
| bat avg1 = 38.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/1<br />
| top score1 = 56<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 31 December<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/aubrey-sinden-34428 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Aubrey Maurice Sinden''' (16 November 1917 – 13 January 1988) was an English first-class [[cricketer]], accountant, and local politician. He played one first-class match for the [[Europeans cricket team]] during the 1945–46 [[Bombay Pentangular]] tournament in [[British India]].<br />
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== Early life and military service ==<br />
Sinden was born on 16 November 1917 at [[East Grinstead]], [[West Sussex]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14564/14564.html|title=Aubrey Sinden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he served in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="SPORT">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002168/19400831/082/0005|title=East Grinstead|work=Crawley and District Observer|page=5|date=31 August 1940|access-date=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><br />
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== Cricket career ==<br />
While serving in [[British India]] after the war, Sinden played one [[first-class cricket]] match for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Brabourne Stadium]] in [[Bombay]] during the 1945–46 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Pentangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14564/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Aubrey Sinden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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Batting twice in the match, he scored 20 runs in the Europeans' first innings before being dismissed by [[Dattu Phadkar]]. In the second innings, he opened the batting and was [[run out]] for 56 runs, sharing a 75-run opening partnership with [[Reg Simpson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17550.html|title=Europeans v Hindus, Bombay Pentangular Tournament 1945/46 (Semi-Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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Upon returning to England, Sinden played [[club cricket]] for [[East Grinstead Cricket Club]].<ref name="SPORT"/> He was also active in [[association football]], playing as a [[Forward (association football)|centre-forward]] for [[East Grinstead Town F.C.]].<ref name="POL">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001720/19530418/097/0004|title=Ward systems means 3 more vacancies|work=Sussex Daily News|location=[[Brighton]]|page=4|date=18 April 1953|access-date=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><br />
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== Professional career and politics ==<br />
Outside of sport, Sinden worked as an [[accountant]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Accountant|date=1948|publisher=Lafferty Publications|page=57|volume=119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=194WAQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He was also involved in local politics in East Grinstead, standing as a candidate for election in 1953.<ref name="POL"/><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Sinden died on 13 January 1988 at [[Copthorne, West Sussex|Copthorne, Sussex]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003618/19880121/002/0002|title=Deaths|work=East Grinstead Observer|page=2|date=21 January 1988|access-date=18 March 2025|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Royal Air Force airmen]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:English men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]<br />
[[Category:East Grinstead Town F.C. players]]<br />
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