Bertie Francis Morgan (6 December 1885 – 25 February 1959) played first-class

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for

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in 1909 and 1910. He was born at

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, London and died at

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. Morgan was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler of unknown style. He played for Somerset in one match in 1909 and returned for five more in 1910, with limited success. Primarily a bowler, he actually bowled in only four matches and took just two wickets; his highest score as a batsman came in his final game, against

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when he made 23 as Somerset subsided to a heavy defeat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Bert 1885 births 1959 deaths English cricketers Somerset cricketers Staffordshire cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen