Barron Cangley
English cricketer (born 1922)
Barron George Merriman Cangley (12 September 1922 – 2015) was an English cricketer. Cangley was a right-handed batsman.
He was born at Blakesley, Northamptonshire in September 1922. In 1946, Cangley represented Cambridgeshire in 2 Minor Counties Championship matches against Norfolk and Bedfordshire.
Cangley also played first-class cricket, where he represented Cambridge University in 8 first-class matches, making his debut for the university against Sussex and playing his final first-class match against Oxford University. All 8 of his first-class matches came in 1947. In his 8 first-class matches, he scored 295 runs at a batting average of 22.69, with a single half century high score of 76.
He died in 2015 in Victoria, Australia.
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