Gareth Peter Rees (born 8 April 1985) is a

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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

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debut against

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at Cheltenham. He won his county cap in 2009. Rees also represented the MCC in the opening game of the 2012 season against

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. 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

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Career best performances

''as of 22 October 2013''

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