{{short description|Welsh cricketer (1907–1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Trevil Morgan | country = England | fullname = John Trevil Morgan | nickname = | international = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|5|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cyncoed, Glamorgan, Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|12|18|1907|5|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Leigh Woods, Bristol, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Occasional wicket-keeper | family = Niel Morgan (brother) | club1 = Wales | year1 = 1928 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1927–1930 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Glamorgan | year3 = 1925–1934 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 83 | runs1 = 2,339 | bat avg1 = 21.07 | 100s/50s1 = 4/6 | top score1 = 149 | deliveries1 = 2,676 | wickets1 = 26 | bowl avg1 = 51.65 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/16 | catches/stumpings1 = 61/12 | date = 28 October | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17087.html Cricinfo }}
'''John Trevil Morgan''' (7 May 1907 – 18 December 1976) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and Cambridge University between 1925 and 1934.
Morgan was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace and occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cyncoed, Glamorgan, and was educated at Charterhouse School and Jesus College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4550/4550.html|title=Player profile: Trevil Morgan|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref>
Morgan, usually known as "JT", scored a century for Cambridge University in the 1929 University Match: going to the wicket at 137 for 5, he scored 149 out of 208 in three and a half hours.<ref>''Wisden'' 1977, pp. 1047–48.</ref> A few weeks later, he scored 103 not out of a Glamorgan total of 237 against the touring South Africans.<ref name=GCA>{{cite web |title=Trevil Morgan |url=https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/trevil-morgan/ |website=Glamorgan Cricket Archives |access-date=22 January 2026}}</ref> He captained Cambridge in 1930, his final year, when they defeated Oxford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University 1930 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1930/ENG_LOCAL/UNIV/OX-UNIV_CAMB-UNIV_UNIV_07-09JUL1930.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=22 January 2026}}</ref> He captained Glamorgan's Second XI in the late 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=GCA/>
After graduating with a degree in history, Morgan returned to Cardiff to work in his family's department store, David Morgan, becoming chairman of the company in 1935.<ref name="WW">Wilfred Wooller, [https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1977/vol_58_no_2/22/index.html "J. T. Morgan"], ''The Cricketer'', February 1977, p. 21.</ref> He served as a major in the Royal Artillery in World War II, and for his work in anti-aircraft duties in South Wales he was awarded the MBE in 1945.<ref name=GCA/>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17087.html Trevil Morgan] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4550/4550.html Trevil Morgan] at CricketArchive
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