Jeff Linton

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Jeff Linton
Wales
Personal information
Full name	James Edward Fryer Linton
Born	7 May 1909(1909-05-07)
	Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	27 December 1989 (aged 80)
	Cozumel Island, Mexico
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932	Glamorgan
First-class debut	17 August 1932: Glamorgan v Middlesex
Last First-class	20 August 1932: Glamorgan v Hampshire
Career statistics
	First-class
Matches	2
Runs scored	3
Batting average	0.75
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	2
Balls bowled	150
Wickets	1
Bowling average	82.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	1/34
Catches/stumpings	0/0
As of 8 June 2008 Source: CricketArchive

Brigadier James Edward Fryer "Jeff" Linton DSO^[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]

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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]

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