Ronald Cecil Graham Joy was an English cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played for Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

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 between 1922 and 1928. His father-in-law Frank Penn

Frank Penn (cricketer)

Frank Penn played cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1881, and was considered one of the finest batsmen of his day. He played England's first Test match in 1880...

 played Test cricket

Test cricket

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 for England in 1880.

Biography

Born in Colchester

Colchester

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 in 1898, Ronald Joy made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for his native Essex against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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 during the 1922 English cricket season

1922 English cricket season

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. He didn't play first-class cricket the following season, returning for three County Championship

County Championship

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 matches in 1924 and one match against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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.

He didn't play at all for Essex in 1926 and 1927, instead playing first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team

British Army cricket team

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. He played against Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 and the Navy

Royal Navy Cricket Club

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 in 1926, with those two along with Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 making up his opponents in 1927.

He played twice against the touring New Zealand national cricket team in the 1927 season

1927 English cricket season

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, a first-class match for the Army and a non first-class match for HM Martineau's XI

Hubert Martineau

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. He returned to Essex for the 1928 season

1928 English cricket season

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, playing eight County Championship matches.

The remainder of his recorded cricket career was spent overseas. He played twice for Egypt

Egypt national cricket team

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 against HM Martineau's XI in 1929, and played in the Madras Presidency Match

Madras Presidency Matches

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 in India

India

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 in January 1930.

His last first-class match was for a Hyderabad Cricket Association XI against Aligarh University Past and Present in the semi-final of the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament in December 1931. He played twice more for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI in April 1936. He died in Norfolk

Norfolk

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in 1974.