Arthur Brynley Creber (11 October 1909 - 10 August 1966) was a Welsh

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er, who played for Glamorgan and Scotland. Creber was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Biography

Arthur Brynley Creber was born on 11 October 1909 at Sketty, in

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. He was the son of the cricketer, Harry Creber. Creber made a single first-class appearance for

in 1929 against

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. After moving to Scotland he played a single first-class match for the Scotland national cricket team against Yorkshire, a match in which he took his only first-class wicket at the cost of 88 runs.Yorkshire v Scotland, 1937
/ref> Creber died at Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire on 10 August 1966.

Family

His father, Harry Creber, played

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and first-class cricket for Glamorgan.

References

External links

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