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New Zealand cricketer

Maurice Graham
Personal information
Born(1902-08-12)12 August 1902
Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died26 February 1993(1993-02-26) (aged 90)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934/35–1936/37Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 68
Batting average 7.55
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30*
Balls bowled 1530
Wickets 26
Bowling average 22.61
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/76
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 January 2024

Maurice Graham (12 August 1902 – 26 February 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in nine first-class matches for Canterbury between 1934 and 1937.

Graham was born in Leeston on the Canterbury Plains south of Christchurch and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School. He made his first-class debut in 1934–35, forming an effective pace attack with Stan Andrews and Alby Roberts to help Canterbury win the Plunket Shield. In the final match, against Otago, he took 5 for 76 and 4 for 50. He played a few more matches in the next two seasons but was less effective.

Graham married Doreen de Rosier Cook in Christchurch in May 1943. He served as a lance-bombardier with the New Zealand Artillery in World War II. He died in Christchurch in February 1993.

References

  1. "Maurice Graham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 58.
  3. T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1914–1933, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1936, pp. 556–59.
  4. "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Maurice Graham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. "Marriages". Press: 1. 5 June 1943.
  6. "Maurice Graham". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. "Maurice Graham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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