MCCC President

Dennis Amiss was born in Harborne in 1943. Having progressed through the ranks of schoolboy cricket for Birmingham Boys and the Midlands he was offered a contract by Warwickshire at the age of 15.

He made his county championship debut in 1960 against Surrey at the Oval. He did not bat as Warwicks made 377-0 (Horner 200 and Ibadulla 117) but he did bowl before he had to give up a few years later due to a back injury. He did take the wicket of E.A Bedser though.

In 1965 Norman Horner and Ray Hitchcok retired and Dennis grabbed the opportunity to cement his place in the Warwickshire line up and from there he went on to have a marvellous career for Warwickshire and England.

He played in the Gillette Cup winning sides of 1966 and 1968, the Championship winning team of 1972 and the John Player 40 over team of 1980. He has scored more runs than any other Warwickshire player and more hundreds.

He made his international debut versus the West Indies at the Oval in 1966 and finished his international career 10 years later having played 50 Tests with a career average of 46 with a highest score of 262 n.o. v West Indies at Sabina Park in 1974.

He was awarded an MBE in 1987, made an Honorary Life Member of Warwickshire in 1988 and Honorary Life Member of the MCC in 1986.

He introduced the world to batting helmets using an adapted motor cycle helmet in World Series Cricket in 1977/78.

He became Chairman of Warwickshire's Cricket Ctte and then he successfully applied for the Chief Executive's position which he held until retirement in 2006 having seen Warwickshire win 9 trophies during his regin as CEO.

Other roles have included Director of the ECB; chairman of the England Management Board; Chairman of Cricket with the ECB and deputy Chairman of the ECB since 2007. Dennis is honoured to be asked to be President of Conference and very much looks forawrd to his year in office.

President - Dennis Amiss