Cyril Mowbray Wells (21 March 1871 – 22 August 1963) was an English

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and schoolmaster. Educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Wells played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,

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and Middlesex and was a top class rugby player.Cyril Wells
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-04-16. He was also a housemaster and cricket coach at Eton College, becoming the first Honorary Member of the Eton Ramblers Cricket Club. Wells was a notable rugby player. He played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity match in 1891 and 1892, and in six matches for the

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from 1893 to 1897. His also played at club level for Harlequins and county level for Middlesex.

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