Born at Acton, London in 1931, Dennis Baldry was a right-handed middle-order batsman and a useful off-break bowler. He played 49 first-class matches for the county accumulating 1155 runs at (14.62) with a top score of 61 and he took 11 wickets with a best performance of 4 for 60. After six seasons with Middlesex he moved to Hampshire for whom he played 85 matches between 1959 and 1962. He hit 151 for Hampshire on his debut versus Glamorgan at Portsmouth in 1959.