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Full name | David Francis Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hackney, London, England | 29 October 1936||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1959 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 June 2020 |
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