Gwyn Hughes (cricketer)
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| Born | 26 March 1941 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gwyn Hughes (born 26 March 1941) is a former Welsh cricketer who became a schoolteacher. He was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, and attended Cardiff High School.[1]
Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.[2] He 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.[3] In seventeen first-class matches for Glamorgan, Hughes scored 228 runs at an average of 12.66, with a highest score of 92[4] against the touring Australians in 1964.[5] With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 46.66, with best figures of 3/20.[6]
While studying at Queens' College, Cambridge,[1] Hughes played for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1965 and gained his cricket blue, the varsity match being his final first-class appearance. In ten matches for Cambridge he scored 229 runs at an average of 12.05, with a high score of 48,[4] and took 19 wickets at an average of 42.52, with career best figures of 4/31.[6] A good rugby player, he represented the university.[2]
Hughes taught economics at St Paul's School, London, for 37 years.[2] He presided over the school's unbeaten 1st XI during his penultimate year as master in charge of cricket in 2000.[7]