Gareth Peter Rees (born 8 April 1985) is a
Welsh
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cricket
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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for
Glamorgan.
Rees was born in
Swansea. He represented Wales U17s at rugby and was a prominent member of the successful
Felinfoel Youth Rugby team. He graduated with first class honours in Maths and Physics from the
University of Bath
(Virgil, Georgics II)
, mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind
, established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...
.
In 2003 Rees played for
Wales Minor Counties and Glamorgan's 2nd XI. He finally made his
County Championship
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debut against
Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
at
Cheltenham. He won his county cap in 2009. Rees also represented the
MCC in the opening game of the 2012 season against
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
.
By the end of the 2013 season, Rees is still going strong for Glamorgan, having scored two centuries during the season in the County Championship, but he did not make any appearances in the
Friends Life t20
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.
Career best performances
''as of 22 October 2013''
External links
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Gareth Reesat Glamorgan CCC
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1985 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Bath
Cricketers from Swansea
Felinfoel RFC players
Glamorgan cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Rugby union players from Swansea
Team Bath rugby union players
Wales National County cricketers
Welsh cricketers
Welsh rugby union players