Gwyn Hughes (born 26 March 1941) is a former

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er. Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Cardiff,

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, and attended Cardiff High School.'' Wisden'' 1966, p. 338. Hughes made his first-class debut for

against the touring

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in 1962. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1964 County Championship. In seventeen first-class matches for Glamorgan, Hughes scored 228 runs at an average of 12.66, with a highest score of 92 against the touring Australians in 1964. With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a

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of 46.66, with best figures of 3/20. While studying at

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, Hughes played for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1965 and gained his cricket blue, the varsity match being his final first-class appearance. In ten matches for Cambridge he scored 229 runs at an average of 12.05, with a high score of 48, and took 19 wickets at an average of 42.52, with career best figures of 4/31. A good

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player, he represented the university. In later life Hughes taught economics at St Paul's School, London. Hughes presided over the notorious unbeaten 1st XI in the Summer of 2000 during his penultimate year as Master in Charge of cricket at the school.

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