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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|English cricketer and soldier (1926 – 2004)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Cecil Timmins<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Cecil Morley Joseph Barry Timmins<br />
| birth_date = 6 May 1926<br />
| birth_place = [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]], [[Cornwall]], England<br />
| death_date = January 2004 (aged 77)<br />
| death_place = Falmouth, Cornwall, England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1945/46<br />
| club2 = [[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]<br />
| year2 = 1952/53<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 12<br />
| bat avg1 = 3.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 5<br />
| deliveries1 = 24<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–<br />
| date = 31 December<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/cecil-timmins-35375 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Cecil Morley Joseph Barry Timmins''' (6 May 1926 – January 2004) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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Timmins was born at [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] in May 1926, one of nine children of Cecil Timmins senior and his wife, Violet. They were the proprietors of the Star and Garter [[public house]] in Falmouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003587/19981015/403/0047|title=Timmins Falmouth|work=[[The West Briton|West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser]]|location=[[Truro]]|page=47|date=15 October 1998|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Timmins served in the latter stages of the [[Second World War]] as a [[Private (rank)#United Kingdom|private]] with the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|Queen's Royal Regiment]], prior to gaining a commission as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in [[British Indian Army]] in August 1945, a month prior to the end of the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37354|date=16 November 1945|page=5605}}</ref> Following the end of the war, Timmins played in a [[first-class cricket]] match in December 1945 for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the [[Madras Presidency Match]]. Following [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence in 1947]], Timmins remained in India. He made a second appearance in first-class cricket in the [[1952–53 Ranji Trophy]] for [[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]] against [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] at [[University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)|Trivandrum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14723/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Cecil Timmins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Timmins struggled across both of his first-class matches, scoring 12 runs from four innings, with a highest score of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/cecil-timmins-35375|title=Player profile: Cecil Timmins|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=31 December 2023}}</ref> Timmins later returned to England, where he died at Falmouth in January 2004.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:2004 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Falmouth, Cornwall]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel from Cornwall]]<br />
[[Category:Queen's Royal Regiment soldiers]]<br />
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
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