Jeff Linton | |
Fullname: | James Edward Fryer Linton |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1909 |
Birth Place: | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales |
Death Place: | Cozumel Island, Mexico |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
Club1: | Glamorgan |
Year1: | 1932 |
Type1: | FC |
Debutdate1: | 17 August |
Debutyear1: | 1932 |
Debutfor1: | Glamorgan |
Debutagainst1: | Middlesex |
Lastdate1: | 20 August |
Lastyear1: | 1932 |
Lastfor1: | Glamorgan |
Lastagainst1: | Hampshire |
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/– |
Date: | 8 June |
Year: | 2008 |
Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4510/4510.html CricketArchive |
Brigadier James Edward Fryer "Jeff" Linton [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]
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.[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. He died in Mexico in 1989.