Graham Charles Kingston (1 November 1950) is a former Welsh cricketer. Kingston was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Newport, Monmouthshire.
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| Full name | Graham Charles Kingston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1950 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1971 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kingston made his first-class debut for Glamorgan aged 16, in the 1967 County Championship against Worcestershire. From 1967 to 1971, he represented the county in 9 first-class matches, with his final first-class appearance for the county coming against Oxford University.[1] In his 9 first-class matches he scored 161 runs at a batting average of 12.38, with a high score of 26.[2] With the ball, he took just 4 wickets at a bowling average of 52.50, with best figures of 2/18.[3]
Kingston also played List-A cricket for Glamorgan, making his List-A debut for the county in the 1968 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire. From 1968 to 1970, he represented the county in 13 List-A matches, with his final List-A appearance coming in 1970 against Hampshire.[4] In his 13 List-A matches, he took 19 wickets at an average of 14.57, with a single five wicket haul which yielded him best figures of 6/36[5] against Derbyshire in the 1969 John Player League.[6] Kingston left the Glamorgan staff at the end of the 1971 season.
After leaving Glamorgan he worked as a real estate agent in Newport.[7]
References
edit- ^ First-Class Matches played by Graham Kingston
- ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Graham Kingston
- ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Graham Kingston
- ^ List A Matches played by Graham Kingston
- ^ ListA Bowling For Each Team by Graham Kingston
- ^ Glamorgan v Derbyshire
- ^ "Graham Kingston". Glamorgan Cricket Archives. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
External links
edit- Graham Kingston at Cricinfo
- Graham Kingston at CricketArchive