Question: Facts: - source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22418.html cricinfo - role: occasional wicket-keeper - fivefor: & ndash ; - country: england - birth date: 29 july 1881 - deliveries: balls 5 - columns: 1 - s/s: 2/10 - death date: 19 july 1944 - year: 1923 ndash ; 1923 2011 1912 1910/11 & ndash ; 1913 1901 & - death place: st pancras , london , england - birth place: neath , glamorgan , wales - date: 1881 7 29 yes - column: first-class - catches/stumpings: 23 / & ndash ; - fullname: thomas aubrey leyson whittington - tenfor: & ndash ; - matches: 70 - batting: right-handed - runs: 2,303 - wickets: & ndash ; - club: wales minor counties marylebone cricket club glamorgan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom whittington .
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thomas aubrey leyson whittington -lrb- 29 july 1881 -- 19 july 1944 -rrb- was a welsh cricketer .whittington was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper .he was born in neath , glamorgan .in a career which lasted 22 years , whittington was to prove a crucial figure in the history of glamorgan county cricket club , with his influence within the mcc gaining them elevation from a minor county to a first-class county and entry to the county championship , a position they retain to this day .