Charles Basil Royson Duffell (born 20 October 1986) is an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who has played

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Early life and education

Duffell was born in Hanover, Germany to Lieutenant-General Sir

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and his wife Ann Murray, daughter of Colonel Basil Bethune Neville Woodd, of a landed gentry family of Shynewood,

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. He was educated at

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, then at

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Cricket career

He was part of the

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academy, representing the club at 2nd XI level and played for both Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and MCC Universities. While studying for a degree in Real Estate and Business management at Oxford Brookes University, Duffell made his first-class debut when Middlesex played against Oxford MCCU in 2007.

References

https://cricketarchive.com/Middlesex/Players/89/89137/89137.html http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/290407.html

External links

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1986 births Living people English cricketers Oxford MCCU cricketers People educated at Radley College 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub