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Roly Jenkins
English Test and County cricketer (1918-1995) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 76
Roly Jenkins was an English cricketer from the period immediately after World War II, almost exclusively for Worcestershire County Cricket Club as a leg spinner.
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Along with Doug Wright and Eric Hollies, Jenkins was a star of the last generation of English leg-spinners before a more defensive mindset, followed by failed rule changes like a standard 75 yards (68.6 m) boundary and then the advent of one-day cricket, all but killed off home grown wrist spinners.
