Jock Tait
Cricket Player
1886 – 1945
Who was Jock Tait?
John Robert Tait, known as Jock Tait was a Scottish cricketer who played in English and Welsh leagues. A right-hand bat and occasional right-arm off break bowler, Tait played forty four first class cricket matches for Glamorgan between 1921 and 1926, having played minor county cricket for the club since 1911. He played in Glamorgan's inaugural County Championship match in 1921 and was dismissed for 96, four runs from being the county's first centurion. In his entire career, he scored 1,477 runs at 18.23 including seven half-centuries.
A skilled sportsman, Tait played both cricket and rugby for Swansea, Cardiff Corinthians and Newport. He played for the Welsh Amateur Football team against England in 1913. Following retirement, he ran an insurance company in Cardiff and Swansea.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1886
Lerwick - Nationality
- Scotland
- Died
- Apr 13, 1945
Clifton, Bristol
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on July 23, 2013
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