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Jordan Clark is an English cricketer. Clark is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Whitehaven,Cumbria and was educated at Sedbergh School.
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Gordon Morgan is an English cricketer. Morgan is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Kampala,Uganda,which was then under British rule.
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