| Full name: | Dennis Brian Close |
| Born: | 24th February 1931, Rawdon, Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Died: | 14th September 2015, Baildon, Yorkshire, England |
| Batting: | Left-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace |
| Occasional wicket-keeper | |
| Biography: | Awarded CBE in 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to cricket |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1949-1976); England (ODI: 1972); Yorkshire (Main FC: 1949-1970); Yorkshire (Main ListA: 1963-1970); Somerset (Main FC: 1971-1977); Somerset (Main ListA: 1971-1977); Yorkshire Second XI (Minor Counties Championship: 1948-1969); All teams |
| Yorkshire cap: 1949 | |
| Yorkshire benefit season: 1961 (raised 8,154 pounds) | |
| Yorkshire Captain: 1963 - 1970 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1964 | |
| Yorkshire benefit season: 1970 (Testimonial. Raised 6,540 pounds) | |
| Somerset cap: 1971 | |
| Somerset Captain: 1972 - 1977 | |
| South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 1974 | |
| Somerset benefit season: 1976 (Testimonial) | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1949-1976) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| England | 22 | 37 | 2 | 887 | 70 | 25.34 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1949-1976) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 1212 | 56 | 532 | 18 | 4-35 | 29.55 | 0 | 0 | 67.33 | 2.63 |
| ODI Career Batting and Fielding (1972) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 43 | 16.33 | 0 | 0 | 98.00 | 1 | |
| ODI Career Bowling (1972) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0-21 | 7.00 | ||||
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1949-1986) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Overall | 786 | 1225 | 173 | 34994 | 198 | 33.26 | 52 | 171 | 813 | 1 |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1949-1986) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 69971 | 3602 | 30947 | 1171 | 8-41 | 26.42 | 43 | 3 | 59.75 | 2.65 |
| List A Career Batting and Fielding (1963-1977) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 164 | 156 | 11 | 3458 | 131 | 23.84 | 2 | 11 | 53 | |
| List A Career Bowling (1963-1977) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 2269 | 54 | 1446 | 65 | 4-9 | 22.24 | 2 | 0 | 34.90 | 3.82 |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Batting and Fielding (1948-1969) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Yorkshire Second XI | 11 | 11 | 0 | 307 | 108 | 27.90 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Bowling (1948-1969) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Yorkshire Second XI | 1448 | 84 | 524 | 49 | 8-13 | 10.69 | 5 | 2 | 29.55 | 2.17 |