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{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Clifford Tamplin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|2|1|1920|5|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Leominster]], [[Herefordshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicketkeeper]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]]
| year1 = 1947
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year2 = 1942/43
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 56
| bat avg1 = 18.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 40[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/2
| date = 28 June
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21452.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Clifford Tamplin''' (14 May 1920 – 1 February 2006), also known as '''Cliff Tamplin''' or '''Cyril Tamplin''', was a Welsh cricketer. Tamplin was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who played primarily as a [[wicketkeeper]].

Tamplin was born in [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] in May 1920. He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class status]] debut while on [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|war service]]<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1032.html Brief profile of Clifford Tamplin]</ref> in [[British Raj|India]] for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] against [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] in the 1942/43 [[Ranji Trophy]] at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17365.html Bengal v Bihar, Ranji Trophy 1942/43 (East Zone)]</ref>

He later returned to the [[United Kingdom]] and made his first-class debut for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] against the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]] in 1947. Tamplin played 2 further first-class matches for the county in 1947, against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]].<ref name=CricketArchive>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4678/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Clifford Tamplin]</ref> In his 4 first-class matches, he scored 56 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 18.66 and a high score of 40[[not out|*]]. Behind the [[stumps]] he took 8 [[catch (cricket)|catches]] and made 2 [[Dismissal (cricket)#Law 39 : Stumped|stumpings]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4678/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Clifford Tamplin]</ref> Tamplin's first-class career may have lasted longer, had it not been for the presence of [[Haydn Davies (cricketer)|Haydn Davies]] in the Glamorgan side.

Tamplin died in [[Leominster]], [[Herefordshire]], England in February 2006 at the age of 85.<ref>[https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/cliff-tamplin/ Glamorgan Cricket Archives: Cliff Tamplin]</ref><ref name=CricketArchive/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21452.html Cyril Tamplin] at [[Cricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4678/4678.html Clifford Tamplin] at CricketArchive

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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengal cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Cardiff]]
[[Category:Glamorgan cricketers]]
[[Category:Welsh cricketers]]
[[Category:Wicket-keepers]]

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