Gerald Trump (born 10 August 1937) is an English

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er, schoolmaster and the founder, and headmaster, of Edington School (later

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). He was a

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who generally opened the bowling. He played for

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and

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second XI between 1958 and 1977. He was captain of Devon between 1970 and 1972.

Personal life and teaching

Trump was born in

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. He attended Priory

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in Taunton, before going on to study

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. After graduating from college, Trump returned to Priory as a P.E. teacher. He married Jacqueline Betty at St Andrew's Church, Taunton on

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in April 1960. Trump's son,

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also played cricket for Somerset, appearing in over 200 top level matches between 1988 and 1997. After leaving Priory School, Trump worked as assistant master of remedial English at

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. In 1972, the head of Millfield,

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, himself a former Somerset cricketer, was instrumental in the founding of Chalice School in

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, which specialised in teaching students with

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; Trump became the new school's headmaster. When Chalice closed two years later, Trump established Edington School in

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, in order to continue working with dyslexic students.

Cricket career

Trump joined Taunton Cricket Club as a 14 year old, and represented Somerset Schools and

Colts as a junior. In 1957 he attended final trials for the

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team, having been a member of the Technical Training Command team that won the inter-command championship. In 1958, Somerset allowed him to register to play for

. He made his

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debut for them against

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that May, and was awarded his

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by the county later in the season. Trump played one season for Somerset second XI in 1962 in the Minor Counties championship, scoring 55 runs at 9.16, and taking 11 wickets at 20.45 before returning to play for Devon, where he later captained the side between 1970 and 1972. In 1968 he had joined Morlands Cricket Club in Glastonbury, near to where he was working at Millfield School. In 1970, he was elected as the Southern and Western Minor Counties representative on the Minor Counties selection committee. Between 1975 and 1977, he again played for Somerset second XI. Trump played 124 times for Devon in the Minor Counties Championship. He finished his career with 324 wickets at an average of 22.32, standing sixth in the all-time list of leading wicket-takers for Devon as of the start of the 2021 season, with 11 five wicket hauls and two ten wicket matches. As a batsman, he scored 1,504 runs at an average of 12.12. Trump made a single

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appearance for Devon, in the 1969 Gillette Cup against

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. Batting in the lower order, Trump scored a single run in the match, and took bowling figures of 1-42 from twelve overs.

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