Gwyn Hughes (cricketer)

Gwyn Hughes (born 26 March 1941) is a former Welsh cricketer. Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, and attended Cardiff High School.[1]

Hughes made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against the touring Pakistanis in 1962. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1964 County Championship.[2] In seventeen first-class matches for Glamorgan, Hughes scored 228 runs at an average of 12.66, with a highest score of 92[3] against the touring Australians in 1964.[4] With the ball, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 46.66, with best figures of 3/20.[5]

While studying at Queens' College, Cambridge,[1] Hughes played for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1965 and gained his cricket blue, the varsity match being his final first-class appearance. In ten matches for Cambridge he scored 229 runs at an average of 12.05, with a high score of 48,[3] and took 19 wickets at an average of 42.52, with career best figures of 4/31.[5] A good rugby player, he represented the university.

In later life Hughes taught economics at St Paul's School, London.[6] Hughes presided over the notorious unbeaten 1st XI in the Summer of 2000 during his penultimate year as Master in Charge of cricket at the school.