Gwyn Hughes (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gwyn Hughes (cricketer)

cricketer

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1941

Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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, and attended Cardiff High School.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.
In seventeen first-class matches for Glamorgan, Hughes scored 228 runs at an average of 12.66, with a highest score of 92 against the touring Australians in 1964.
With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 46.66, with best figures of 3/20.While studying at Queens' College, Cambridge, 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, and took 19 wickets at an average of 42.52, with career best figures of 4/31.
A good rugby player, he represented the university. In later life Hughes taught economics at St Paul's School, London.