Jonathan Digby "Jon" Garth (born 12 January 1965 in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, Transvaal

Transvaal Province

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, South Africa

South Africa

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) is a South African-born former Irish cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played 26 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1986 and 1989, including three first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches and four List A matches.

Playing career

Garth made his debut for Ireland in May 1986, playing two matches against India. The following month, he played twice against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

 and against Wales and Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 in his List A debut. In July, he played against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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, scoring 64 in the Ireland second innings, his highest score (and only half-century) in all matches for Ireland. The following month, he made his first-class debut, playing against Scotland in Glasgow

Glasgow

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.

He continued in the Ireland team throughout 1987, 1988 and 1989, playing against Pakistan, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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, Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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, Scotland, the MCC, Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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 and Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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, amongst others. Playing against Northamptonshire in a NatWest Trophy match in June 1987, he took 3/28, his best bowling figures for Ireland and in List A cricket.

He played his last game for Ireland in August 1989 against Wales.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 392 runs at an average of 14.00, and took 24 wickets at an average

Bowling average

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of 43.46.