Ronald Cecil Graham Joy (30 July 1898 – 12 December 1974) was an English

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played for Essex between 1922 and 1928.CricketArchive profile
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Biography

Born in Colchester in 1898, Ronald Joy made his first-class debut for his native Essex against Worcestershire during the

1922 English cricket season 1922 was the 29th season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire recovered the title and went on to win it four times in succession. Honours *County Championship – Yorkshire *Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire *Wis ...

. He did not play first-class cricket the following season, returning for three County Championship matches in 1924 and one match against Gloucestershire.First-class matches played by Ronald Joy
at CricketArchive He didn't play at all for Essex in 1926 and 1927, instead playing first-class cricket for the

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. He played against Cambridge University and the Navy in 1926, with those two along with Oxford University making up his opponents in 1927. He played twice against the touring

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in the 1927 season, a first-class match for the Army and a non first-class match for HM Martineau's XI.Other matches played by Ronald Joy
at CricketArchive He returned to Essex for the 1928 season, playing eight County Championship matches. The remainder of his recorded cricket career was spent overseas. He played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI in 1929, and played in the Madras Presidency Match in India in January 1930. His last first-class match was for a Hyderabad Cricket Association XI against Aligarh University Past and Present in the semi-final of the

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in December 1931. He played twice more for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI in April 1936. He died in Norfolk in 1974.

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