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Full name | Glenarvon Huntley Armstrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 17 November 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1990/91–1992/93 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,6 April 2016 |
Glenarvon Huntley Armstrong (born 17 November 1969) is a former Australian cricketer who represented South Australia in Australian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed middle-order batsman.
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