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Ron Silver (cricketer)

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Ron Silver
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver
Born(1910-02-25)25 February 1910
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died22 June 1984(1984-06-22) (aged 74)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935/36–1945/46Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 175
Batting average 8.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 37*
Balls bowled 2,911
Wickets 49
Bowling average 27.22
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/20
Catches/stumpings 11/–
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

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  1. ^ a b c "Ron Silver". CricInfo. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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.)
  3. ^ a b c Versatile sportsman, The Press, 18 July 1984, p. 46. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 December 2023.)
  4. ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Last Year's Premiers". Evening Star: 4. 30 September 1936.
  6. ^ "Wellington v Otago 1936-37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Wellington v Otago 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Ron Silver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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