Cyril Washbrook CBE (6 December 1914 – 27 April 1999) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England.

Washbrook, who is most famous for opening the batting for England with Len Hutton, which he did 51 times, played a total of 592 first-class cricket matches, of which 37 were Tests.

The war then interrupted his career, with Washbrook becoming a physical training instructor in the Royal Air Force, and it was in the 1946–47 Ashes series that he finally took on Australia.

In 1954, Washbrook was appointed Lancashire's first ever professional captain,[1] a role he held on until 1959, when he was awarded a second benefit, which raised £1,520.

After England had lost the Second Test against Australia at Lord's, to go one-nil down in the five match series, the 41-year-old was asked by his fellow selectors to leave the room.