Gus Joyce

Augustine "Gus" Joyce (born 10 August 1974)[1] is an Irish cricketer born at Dublin. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper,[1] he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 2000,[2] a first-class match against Scotland[3] and matches against Italy and Scotland[2] in the European Championship.[4]

Gus Joyce
Personal information
Full name
Augustine Joyce
Born (1974-08-10) 10 August 1974
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 31
Batting average 15.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 29
Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2019

Family

Joyce is one of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce.[5][6] Other members of his family have played cricket much more for Ireland.[7] Brothers Dominick and Ed have also played for Ireland, with Ed also playing for England. His sisters Cecelia and Isobel have played for the Irish women's team.[1] His mother Maureen was a cricket scorer.[8][7] She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002 when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.[9]

References
  1. Cricket Archive profile
  2. "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
  3. First-class matches played by Gus Joyce at Cricket Archive
  4. "Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
  5. Wigmore, Tim (June 2016). "The first family of cricket". The Cricket Monthly. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
  6. Hariharan, Shruti (21 March 2016). "The Joyces: Ireland's greatest cricketing family". Cricket Country. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
  7. "CBP Ep.5: The Joy(ce)s of cricket". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. "Profile: Maureen Joyce". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. "Maureen Joyce as Scorer in Women's ODI Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2021.


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