Malcolm Wright
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| Full name | Malcolm Graeme Wright | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1926 Kandy, Central Province, British Ceylon | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1996 (aged 70) Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Malcolm Graeme Wright (2 June 1926 – 20 December 1996) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer.[1]
The son of Oswin Ansbert Wright, a member of an Anglo–Burgher family,[2] he was born in British Ceylon at Kandy in June 1926. He later studied in England at St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1950, against Warwickshire and Lancashire at Oxford.[4] He scored 35 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 17.[5]
Wright died in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham in December 1996, aged 70.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Malcolm Graeme Wright". Billiongraves. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Genealogy of the Family of Wright of Ceylon" (PDF). www.thedutchburgherunion.org. p. 5. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Malcolm Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Malcolm Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Malcolm Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2020.