John Riches (30 December 1920 – 5 October 1999) was a
Welsh
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* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
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cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who played first-class cricket for
Glamorgan
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
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, Code = GLA
, CodeName = Chapman code
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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.
Riches made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan in 1947, against
Yorkshire
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, though he played for the Second XI between 1946 and 1957. Riches played regular club cricket for Cardiff, as well as playing with the MCC.
Riches' father,
Norman
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, wife Pearl and great-uncle Gowan Clark, were all noted cricketers.
External links
John Richesat Cricket Archive
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1920 births
1999 deaths
Welsh cricketers
Glamorgan cricketers