Cyrus Gerald Ainsworth (4 August 1888 – 20 February 1940) was an English

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er. Ainsworth's batting style is unknown. He was born at

Bury, Greater Manchester Bury (, ) is a market town on the River Irwell in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. which had a population of 81,101 in 2021 while the wider borough had a population of 193,846. The town was originally part of the ...

. Ainsworth qualified as a

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prior to 1915. It was during World War I that he was enlisted as a surgeon in the

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in September 1915. He continued to serve in the Royal Navy following the end of the war, as he was selected to play a

match for the

against

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in 1919. 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 Gilbert Ashton MC (27 September 1896 – 6 February 1981) was an English cricketer who played 62 first-class matches between the wars, mostly for Cambridge University (whom he captained in 1921, and also captained at football) and Worcesters ...

. He died at

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, Lancashire on 20 February 1940.

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