Ron Silver (cricketer)
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| Full name | Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1910 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 June 1984 (aged 74) Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935/36–1945/46 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver (25 February 1910 – 22 June 1984) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played 14 first-class cricket matches for Otago cricket team between the 1935–36 and 1945–46 seasons[1] and 16 matches for the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Silver was born at Dunedin in 1910[2] and played cricket for the Albion club and rugby union for the Union club in the city.[3] After his first-class debut, when he opened the bowling for Otago against Canterbury in the last match of the 1935–36 Plunket Shield and took five wickets,[4] Silver was widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most promising pace bowlers.[5] He took 3 for 34 and 5 for 20 in the first match of the 1936–37 Plunket Shield against Wellington, but was less successful in the later matches.[6] He took his best figures in the first match of the Plunket Shield after World War II, 4 for 84 and 6 for 20, with Wellington dismissed for 42 in their second innings.[7][3]
In his 14 first-class matches Silver took 49 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls.[1] He also played rugby union as a full-back for Otago and Canterbury and played war-time matches for the New Zealand Army whilst serving in Christchurch.[2][3][8]
Silver died at Dunedin in 1984 aged 74.[1] An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ron Silver". CricInfo. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 121. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b c Versatile sportsman, The Press, 18 July 1984, p. 46. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 December 2023.)
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Last Year's Premiers". Evening Star: 4. 30 September 1936.
- ^ "Wellington v Otago 1936-37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Wellington v Otago 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Ron Silver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2023.