Maurice Turnbull
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 9 | 388 |
| Runs scored | 224 | 17544 |
| Batting average | 20.36 | 29.78 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | 29/82 |
| Top score | 61 | 233 |
| Balls bowled | - | 390 |
| Wickets | - | 4 |
| Bowling average | - | 88.75 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | 1/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 280/- |
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Test debut: 10 January 1930 |
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Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull (born March 16, 1906, Cardiff, Wales, died August 5, 1944, Montchamp, France) was a Welsh cricketer who played in 9 Tests for England from 1930 to 1936.
A talented all round sportsman, he captained Cambridge University in his final year and Glamorgan for 10 seasons and gained two rugby union caps for Wales in 1932-33. He also represented Wales at hockey and was squash champion for South Wales. He is the only one to play cricket for England and rugby for Wales. As a major in the Welsh Guards he was killed instantly by a sniper's bullet during the Normandy landings in 1944. He was educated at Downside School near Bath and the school still has a bar named after him for the use of sixth formers
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