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Anthony Arthur Duncan (10 December 1914 – 3 January 1998) was a Welsh golfer and cricketer. He was born in Cardiff and died in
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. As a golfer, he was the losing finalist in the 1939 Amateur Championship and was the captain of the
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Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team. In the 1953 Walker Cup, Duncan was a playing member of the team but did not select himself for any matches. He was involved in an incident with
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during the final of the 1966 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship for which he was the referee. Duncan played in three first-class matches for
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in 1934 and 1935 as a righthanded batsman who scored eighteen runs with a highest score of 15 *.Tony Duncan at CricketArchive
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Welsh cricketers Welsh male golfers Amateur golfers Glamorgan cricketers Oxford University cricketers Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Cricketers from Cardiff Sportspeople from Cardiff 1914 births 1998 deaths {{UK-golf-bio-stub