Hugh Morris

Hugh Morris (5 October 1963 – 28 December 2025) was a Welsh cricketer who played in three Tests for England in 1991. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, captaining the county. He also served in roles with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Glamorgan in his post playing career.

Early life Hugh Morris was born at St David's Hospital in Cardiff, Wales, on 5 October 1963. Educated at Blundell's School in Devon, he set several public school batting records. He also played rugby union for Aberavon.

Domestic career A left-handed opening batsman, Morris made his county debut for Glamorgan at 17, and would become their youngest captain at the age of 22. In 1990, he set a club record of 2,276 runs, including 10 centuries. In 1997 he was part of the Glamorgan side that won the County Championship, scoring 1207 runs at an average of 54.86. Morris equalled Alan Jones' club record for first-class centuries in the deciding fixture against Somerset that year with his 52nd in the first innings before being at the non-strikers end as opening partner Steve James hit the winning runs in the second innings.

Morris was then made captain for the 1990–91 England A tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka (the Pakistan leg being curtailed due to the Gulf War). He would play three Tests later in 1991, two against the then-formidable West Indies, and one against Sri Lanka. He found the West Indies' pace attack difficult to handle, and in his three Tests scored 115 runs at an average of 19.16, helping England to a rare and series-levelling victory against the West Indies. That winter he again captained England A on tour of the West Indies. He was reinstated as Glamorgan captain in 1993, and remained on the fringe of further Test selection for a number of years without ever being selected again. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 2002, and being cleared in 2007 after surgeries to remove throat glands, he served as patron of Heads Up, a head and neck cancer charity, for whom he helped raised £300,000.

In 2021, Morris was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which also spread to his liver. He died in Penarth on 28 December 2025, at the age of 62.