Ronald Charles Barton Wright (13 March 1903 – 3 July 1992) was an English

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er. Wright was a left-handed

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who bowled

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and who occasionally fielded as a

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. He was born at Semilong,

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and educated in the county at

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. Wright made his first-class debut for

against

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in the 1923 County Championship. He next appeared for Northamptonshire in the

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against

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. He went on to make eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the 1931 County Championship. In his total of ten first-class appearances, he scored 160 runs at an

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of 10.00, with a high score of 56

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. This score was his only first-class fifty and came against

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in 1930. He died at

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, Northamptonshire on 3 July 1992. His brother,

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, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.

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