Mark Richard Price (born 20 April 1960) is a former English

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

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. Price made his first-class debut for

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against

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in the

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. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the Welsh county, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his seventeen first-class matches, he took 19 wickets at an

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of 42.42, with best figures of 4/97. With the bat, he scored 144 runs at an

of 16.00, with a high score of 36. He made his

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debut for the county against

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in the

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. He made ten further List A appearances for Glamorgan during the 1985 season, the last of which came against

. In his eleven List A appearances, he took 5 wickets at an average of 38.00, with best figures of 3/22. With the bat, he scored 59runs at an average of 9.83, with a high score of 22. He left Glamorgan at the end of that season. Price also played in the Lancashire League for

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between 1977 and 2003.

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