Tony Wright (cricketer)
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Anthony John Wright England
was a Gloucestershire
cricket
er from 1980 till 1998.
A right-handed batsman, he scored 13440 runs for Gloucestershire
which makes him one of 31 cricketers to have made over 10 000 runs for the county and puts him 20th for most runs (as of Feb 2007). His most prolific season with the bat came in 1991 when he made 1596 runs.
He was also highly successful in the one day game for Gloucestershire
, his 5 centuries is the most by an Englishman for the county and his 7118 runs is their 3rd highest run aggregate.
In a game against Scotland in 1997 he made 177 which remains the highest ever individual one day score for Gloucestershire
some 10 years later. His 311 run opening stand with Nicholas Trainor is the county's highest ever partnership for any wicket.
After he retired from the game he became a coach and was the first director of the Gloucestershire Academy when it was set up in 2002.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
was a Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er from 1980 till 1998.
A right-handed batsman, he scored 13440 runs for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
which makes him one of 31 cricketers to have made over 10 000 runs for the county and puts him 20th for most runs (as of Feb 2007). His most prolific season with the bat came in 1991 when he made 1596 runs.
He was also highly successful in the one day game for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
, his 5 centuries is the most by an Englishman for the county and his 7118 runs is their 3rd highest run aggregate.
In a game against Scotland in 1997 he made 177 which remains the highest ever individual one day score for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
some 10 years later. His 311 run opening stand with Nicholas Trainor is the county's highest ever partnership for any wicket.
After he retired from the game he became a coach and was the first director of the Gloucestershire Academy when it was set up in 2002.