Paul Seymour Morthier Molyneux (12 January 1906 – 13 March 1980) played first-class

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for

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in six matches in the 1937 season. He was born at Wells,

and died at

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. Molyneux was a right-handed batsman, who batted for Somerset mostly in the middle order, though in his final match he came in at No 11 in both innings. He was also a right-arm off-break bowler, but did not bowl in first-class cricket. His Somerset career was confined to a period of less than a month in 1937, and his highest score was his first-ever innings: he made 25 against

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Molyneux, Paul 1906 births 1980 deaths English cricketers Somerset cricketers People from Wells, Somerset Cricketers from Somerset 20th-century English sportsmen