Gwyn Hughes (cricketer)
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| Full name | Gwyn Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1941 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1965 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gwyn Hughes (born 26 March 1941) is a former Welsh cricketer. Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Hughes made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against the touring Pakistanis in 1962. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1964 County Championship.[1] In seventeen first-class matches for Glamorgan, Hughes scored 228 runs at an average of 12.66, with a highest score of 92[2] against the touring Australians in 1964.[3] With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 46.66, with best figures of 3/20.[4]
In 1965, Hughes played for Cambridge University Cricket Club and gained his cricket blue, the varsity match being his final first class appearance. In ten matches, he scored a total of 229 runs at an average of 12.05, with a high score of 48,[2] and took 19 wickets at an average of 42.52, with career best figures of 4/31.[4] A good rugby player he appeared for the university. In later life Hughes taught economics at St Paul's School, London.[5]
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