Malcolm Wright
English cricketer
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Malcolm Graeme Wright (2 June 1926 – 20 December 1996) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer.[1]
Fullname
Malcolm Graeme Wright
Born2 June 1926
Kandy, Central Province, British Ceylon
Kandy, Central Province, British Ceylon
Died20 December 1996 (aged 70)
Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
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| Full name | Malcolm Graeme Wright | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1926 Kandy, Central Province, British Ceylon | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1996 (aged 70) Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1950 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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The son of Oswin Ansbert Wright, a member of an Anglo–Burgher family,[2] he was born in British Ceylon at Kandy in June 1926. He studied in England at St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1950, against Warwickshire and Lancashire at Oxford.[4] He scored 35 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 17.[5]
Wright died in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham in December 1996, aged 70.[3]