Jeff Linton
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brigadier James Edward Fryer "Jeff" Linton Template:Post-nominals[1] (7 May 1909–27 December 1989) was a Welsh cricketer[2] and British Army officer. He served with the Royal Artillery during World War II[3] after previously playing first-class cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club in the 1932 English cricket season as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.[4] He also represented the Egypt national cricket team.[5]
Biography
Born in Llandaff in 1909,[4] Linton was educated at Charterhouse School where he captained the cricket team.[3] He played his only two first-class matches for his native Glamorgan in August 1932 against Middlesex and Hampshire.[6] In April 1938 he played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI.[7]
He served with the Royal Artillery during World War II, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1944 after escaping from a prisoner-of-war camp. He had a distinguished military career, and after the war was elevated to the rank of Brigadier and became a senior instructor in anti-tank warfare at the School of Artillery.[3] He died in Mexico in 1989.[4]
References
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- ↑ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991 Obituaries
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ a b c Brief profile of Jeff Linton by Dr. A.K. Hignell at CricketArchive
- ↑ a b c CricketArchive profile
- ↑ Teams played for by Jeff Linton at CricketArchive
- ↑ First-class matches played by Jeff Linton at CricketArchive
- ↑ Other matches played by Jeff Linton at CricketArchive
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