Anthony Ling

Anthony Ling

Personal information
Full name	Anthony John Patrick Ling
Born	10 August 1910 Skewen, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	12 January 1987 (aged 76) Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1934–36	Glamorgan
1939	Somerset
First-class debut	19 May 1934 Glamorgan v Cambridge University
Last First-class	25 July 1939 Somerset v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 14 Runs scored 256 Batting average 16.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 41* Balls bowled 12 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 0/5 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 November 2010

Anthony John Patrick Ling (10 August 1910 – 12 January 1987) played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and Somerset between 1934 and 1939.^[1] He was born at Skewen, Glamorgan and died at Eastbourne, Sussex.

Ling was a left-handed middle or lower-order batsman. He was educated at Stowe School and played Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1928. In 1934, he was given a trial of eight matches for Glamorgan which was looking for Welsh-born cricketers: an average of 23 runs per innings indicates that he was quite successful, but his highest score was only 41, an unbeaten innings in the match against Leicestershire at Swansea.^[2] Though he played other matches for Glamorgan's second eleven, he made only one further first-class appearance in a single match in 1936.

In July 1939, having moved to the West of England for business, Ling played in five consecutive matches for Somerset, but without success.

In his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, he was misnamed as "Arthur" Ling.^[3]

References

1. "Tony Ling". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
2. "Scorecard: Glamorgan v Leicestershire". www.cricketarchive.com. 26 May 1934. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
3. "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1988 ed.). Wisden. p. 1208.