Joseph Glyn Owen (23 January 1909 – 17 February 1978) was a Welsh first-class cricketer active from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Owen played in over a dozen first-class cricket matches, as well as playing

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for

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and Bedfordshire. Born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Owen made his debut in first-class cricket for

against Middlesex at

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in 1930. His first appearance in the County Championship came in the following season, with four appearances in the competition (plus one non-Championship match against Middlesex at The Oval). Owen continued to play infrequently for Surrey in the 1932 and 1933 seasons, making nine first-class appearances across the two seasons. He made a total of fifteen first-class appearances for Surrey, scoring 196 runs at an average of 19.60, recording a single half century with a high-score of 54, which came against Hampshire in 1932, and included large partnerships with Robert Gregory and Alf Gover, to help Surrey recover from 150/8 to 316 all out. With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 16 wickets, but was fairly ineffective, averaging 44.37 per wicket, with best figures of 3/15. Six years after leaving Surrey, Owen joined Bedfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1939

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against

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. Eight further appearances followed, in what was to be the final season before

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was cancelled following the outbreak of World War II. After the conclusion of the war, Owen resumed playing minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire. He was selected to represent a combined Minor Counties cricket team in two first-class matches in 1950, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and the touring West Indians, recording his highest first-class score of 57 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. A final first-class appearance came in 1951, when the Minor Counties played Kent. He continued to play for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship until 1957, by which time he had made a total of 96 appearances. He died at Eastbourne, Sussex on 17 February 1978.Joseph Owen at CricketArchive
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Glyn Owen
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