# Tony Duncan

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{{short description|Welsh cricketer and golfer}}
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'''Anthony Arthur Duncan''' (10 December 1914 – 3 January 1998) was a Welsh golfer and cricketer. He was born in [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) and died in [Surrey](/source/Surrey).

As a golfer, he was the losing finalist in the 1939 [Amateur Championship](/source/The_Amateur_Championship) and was the captain of the [1953](/source/1953_Walker_Cup) Great Britain and Ireland [Walker Cup](/source/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](/source/Jack_Nicklaus) during the final of the [1966 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship](/source/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](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |page=27 |date=17 January 1998 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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

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Category:Glamorgan cricketers
Category:Oxford University cricketers
Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Category:Cricketers from Cardiff
Category:Sportspeople from Cardiff
Category:1914 births
Category:1998 deaths

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