Samuel John Cato (born 23 November 1992) is an

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former first-class

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er.

Early life and career

Cato was born at

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in November 1992. He was educated at St Paul's School, before going up

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. While studying at Oxford, Cato made three first-class appearances in The University Match for

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between 2013 and 2015. He scored exactly 100 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 33, in addition to taking 4 wickets with best figures of 2 for 43.

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