Augustine "Gus" Joyce (born 10 August 1974)
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born in Dublin. A right-handed

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and

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, he played three times for the

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in 2000, a first-class match against

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and matches against

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and Scotland in the

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Family

Joyce is one of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce. Other members of his family have played

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much more for Ireland. Brothers Dominick and Ed have also played for Ireland, with Ed also playing for

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. His sisters

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and Isobel have played for the Irish women's team. His mother Maureen was a cricket scorer. She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002 when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.

References

1974 births Living people Irish cricketers Cricketers from Dublin (city)

Gus Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, Gustave, Constantine, Konstantinos, Augusten, Gustavo, Gusten, Augustus, Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Gustav, Gustafson, Ferguson, and Gussie). It can also be used as t ...

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