Lin Clugston

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David Lindsay "Lin" Clugston (5 February 1908 – 27 September 1993) was an Irish amateur cricketer who played in six first-class cricket matches for Warwickshire, three of them in 1928 and the other three in 1946.[1] He was born in Belfast and died in Birmingham.

Lin Clugston
Personal information
Full name
David Lindsay Clugston
Born5 February 1908
Belfast, Ireland
Died27 September 1993(1993-09-27) (aged 85)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928–1946Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 64
Batting average 7.11
100s/50s –/–
Top score 17
Balls bowled 660
Wickets 4
Bowling average 118.75
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/75
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2023

As a cricketer, Clugston was a lower-order left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He had little success in either of his two forays into first-class cricket: as a batsman, his highest score was just 17 and as a bowler he took only four wickets across six games.[1] He was prominent in Midlands club cricket for many years and played for The Forty Club, which takes cricket into schools, into his 60s. At Edgbaston Cricket Ground, he was for many years to 1988 the "stentorian-voiced" public address announcer: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack noted, in its obituary of him in 1994, that he "would upbraid small boys for the slightest mischief in an echoing basso profundo", and that "his successor is still sometimes called the Cluggie".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lin Clugston". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Obituaries in 1993". www.espncricinfo.com. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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