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Full name | John Devakumar Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jaffna, Northern Province, British Ceylon | 4 September 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1977 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 June 2020 |
John Devakumar 'Shaw' Wilson (born 4 September 1944) is a Sri Lankan educator and former first-class cricketer.
Wilson was born at Jaffna in September 1944. He was educated in Colombo at Royal College,where he captained the scholl cricket team. From there,he went up to Senate of Serampore College in India,where he obtained his bachelor's degree. He then studied for his master's degree at the University of London and Princeton Theological Seminary. Wilson spent time as a research student at Mansfield College at the University of Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford,he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Nottinghamshire at Oxford in 1977. [2] Batting twice in the match,he was dismissed for 18 runs in the Oxford first innings by Peter Hacker,while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Bob White. [3]
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