Tony Duncan

{{short description|Welsh cricketer and golfer}} {{Use British English|date=September 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} '''Anthony Arthur Duncan''' (10 December 1914 – 3 January 1998) was a Welsh golfer and cricketer. He was born in Cardiff and died in Surrey.

As a golfer, he was the losing finalist in the 1939 Amateur Championship and was the captain of the 1953 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/1950s/1953/530807.pdf |title=The British Walker Cup side |newspaper=USGA Journal and Turf Management |first=John P. |last=English |date=August 1953 |page=7}}</ref> In the 1953 Walker Cup, Duncan was a playing member of the team but did not select himself for any matches. He was involved in an incident with Jack Nicklaus during the final of the 1966 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship for which he was the referee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105702089/the-daily-telegraph/ |title=Colonel Tony Duncan |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |page=27 |date=17 January 1998 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Duncan played in three first-class matches for Glamorgan in 1934 and 1935 as a righthanded batsman who scored eighteen runs with a highest score of 15*.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4409/4409.html Tony Duncan at CricketArchive]</ref>

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