Murray Vernon
Appearance
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Full name | Murray Trevor Vernon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kondinin, Western Australia | 9 February 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 April 2013 Perth, Western Australia | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955/56–1967/68 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2013 |
Murray Trevor Vernon (9 February 1937 – 16 April 2013) was an Australian cricketer who played regularly for Western Australia from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Vernon scored 4067 runs for Western Australia at an average of 34.76 with a highest score of 173, including eight centuries.[1] He captained Western Australia in two matches in the 1962–63 season when Barry Shepherd was unavailable, losing both. Born in Kondinin and growing up in South Perth, he also captained Melville in the Western Australian Grade Cricket competition.[2] Vernon died in Perth in April 2013, after a short illness.[3]
References
- ^ First-class batting and fielding by team for Murray Vernon - CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ History of Melville Cricket Club - 1970s Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine - melvillecricket.org. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Townsend, John (2013). "WA cricket mourns death of great pioneer Vernon", The Weekend West, 19–21 April 2013.