Eifion Jones (cricketer)
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Eifion Wyn Jones was a Welsh
cricketer
who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club
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When he first came to Glamorgan Jones was a specialist right-handed batsman but after being tutored by Phil Clift he became their first choice keeper. From 1968 until 1982 he stood behind the stumps for Glamorgan and took a record 933 dismissals for his county.
In 1970 he took 7 dismissals in an innings against Cambridge University
. 2 years earlier he made the highest ever score by a Glamorgan keeper with 146 not out against Sussex
.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
cricketer
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
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When he first came to Glamorgan Jones was a specialist right-handed batsman but after being tutored by Phil Clift he became their first choice keeper. From 1968 until 1982 he stood behind the stumps for Glamorgan and took a record 933 dismissals for his county.
In 1970 he took 7 dismissals in an innings against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. 2 years earlier he made the highest ever score by a Glamorgan keeper with 146 not out against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
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