Royston Cyril John Sully (born 10 April 1951), played one

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match for

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in the 1985 season. Sully, who was born at

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, was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman who had played occasional matches for Somerset's second eleven in the

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and the

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from 1977, often opening the bowling and making useful lower order runs. He was brought into Somerset's first team for the Sunday League match against

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in May 1985 at

. He scored two runs in Somerset's innings and bowled two overs that cost 15 runs, failing to take a wicket.

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