John Hamish Hugh Anton (19 September 1926 – 28 August 2021) was an English cricketer who played 14 first-class games: ten for

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and four for

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. Anton was born in

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on 19 September 1926. He went to

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, being made captain of the cricket team in 1944. In 1949 he made his first-class debut with Cambridge, scoring 45 against

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, and he played nine times for them that season, although he did not gain his

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. He also appeared for the University team on one further occasion, in 1950, but his subsequent four first-class matches were with Worcestershire late in that same season. Although his fielding was excellent, he was unable to make enough runs — his best score for the county was only 26 — and it was not altogether a surprise when he failed to reappear in 1951. Anton died in

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, Australia on 28 August 2021, at the age of 94.

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