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At 19, he was six-foot three and an imposing figure. "A very tall, very dark young man strode through the New
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Bettington played 40 matches for Oxford, taking 182 wickets at 19.38, as well as scoring 1351 runs at 24.12. He is Oxford University's leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket, one wicket ahead of
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248:5 wickets in innings
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