Gus Joyce Explained
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| Country: | Ireland |
| Fullname: | Augustine Joyce |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Ireland |
| Year1: | 2000 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 31 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 29 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/0 |
| Date: | 8 February |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24546.html Cricinfo |
Augustine "Gus" Joyce (born 10 August 1974)[1] is an Irish cricketer born in Dublin. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 2000,[2] a first-class match against Scotland[3] and matches against Italy and Scotland in the European Championship.[4]
Family
Joyce is one of nine children of James "Jimmy" and Maureen Joyce.[5] [6] Other members of his family have played cricket much more for Ireland.[7] Brothers Dominick and Ed have also played for Ireland, with Ed also playing for England. His sisters Cecelia and Isobel have played for the Irish women's team. His mother Maureen was a cricket scorer.[8] She was also scorer in two WODIs in 2002 when New Zealand women toured to Netherlands and Ireland.[9]
Notes and References
- http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/17/17694/17694.html Cricket Archive profile
- Web site: CricketEurope Stats Zone profile . 21 May 2007 . 24 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020143/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire148.htm . dead .
- http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/17/17694/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gus Joyce at Cricket Archive
- Web site: Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope . 21 May 2007 . 7 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007100308/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/ireland.shtml . dead .
- News: Tim . Wigmore . June 2016 . The first family of cricket . The Cricket Monthly . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603150347/https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1015901/the-first-family-of-cricket. June 3, 2016.
- News: Shruti . Hariharan . March 21, 2016 . The Joyces: Ireland's greatest cricketing family . Cricket Country . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160323043907/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/the-joyces-irelands-greatest-cricketing-family-419299 . Mar 23, 2016.
- Web site: CBP Ep.5: The Joy(ce)s of cricket . Women's CricZone . 14 June 2020.
- Web site: Profile: Maureen Joyce . CricketArchive . 21 December 2021.
- Web site: Maureen Joyce as Scorer in Women's ODI Matches . CricketArchive . 21 December 2021.
