Jeff Linton

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Jeff Linton
country = Wales
fullname = James Edward Fryer Linton
dayofbirth = 7
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1909
placeofbirth = Llandaff, Glamorgan
countryofbirth = Wales
dayofdeath = 27
monthofdeath = 12
yearofdeath = 1989
placeofdeath = Cozumel Island
countryofdeath = Mexico
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
club1 = Glamorgan
year1 = 1932
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 17 August
debutyear1 = 1932
debutfor1 = Glamorgan
debutagainst1 = Middlesex
lastdate1 = 20 August
lastyear1 = 1932
lastfor1 = Glamorgan
lastagainst1 = Hampshire
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 3
bat avg1 = 0.75
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 2
deliveries1 = 150
wickets1 = 1
bowl avg1 = 82.00
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 1/34
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
date = 8 June
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/4510.html CricketArchive

Brigadier James Edward Fryer "Jeff" Linton DSO [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991 [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228713.html Obituaries] ] (7 May 1909–27 December 1989) was a Welsh cricketer [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/16302.html Cricinfo profile] ] and British Army officer. He served with the Royal Artillery during World War II [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Articles/1/1111.html Brief profile of Jeff Linton] by Dr. A.K. Hignell at CricketArchive] 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. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/4510.html CricketArchive profile] ] He also represented the Egypt national cricket team. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/all_teams.html Teams played for by Jeff Linton] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born in Llandaff in 1909, Linton was educated at Charterhouse School where he captained the cricket team. He played his only two first-class matches for his native Glamorgan in August 1932 against Middlesex and Hampshire. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Jeff Linton] at CricketArchive] In April 1938 he played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Jeff Linton] at CricketArchive]

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. He died in Mexico in 1989.

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