Brigadier James Edward Fryer "Jeff" Linton DSO[1] (7 May 1909–27 December 1989) was a Welsh cricketer[2] and British Army officer. He served with the Royal Artillery during World War II[3] after previously playing first-class cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club in the 1932 English cricket season as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.[4] He also represented the Egypt national cricket team.[5]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | James Edward Fryer Linton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1909-05-07)7 May 1909 Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 December 1989(1989-12-27) (aged 80) Cozumel Island, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 17 August 1932 Glamorgan v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 20 August 1932 Glamorgan v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 June 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Llandaff in 1909,[4] Linton was educated at Charterhouse School where he captained the cricket team.[3] He played his only two first-class matches for his native Glamorgan in August 1932 against Middlesex and Hampshire.[6] In April 1938 he played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI.[7]
He served with the Royal Artillery during World War II, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1944 after escaping from a prisoner-of-war camp. He had a distinguished military career, and after the war was elevated to the rank of Brigadier and became a senior instructor in anti-tank warfare at the School of Artillery.[3] He died in Mexico in 1989.[4]