Bill Merritt (cricketer)
![]() Bill Merritt in 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | William Edward Merritt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand | 18 August 1908|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 June 1977 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 9) | 10 January 1930 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 29 July 1931 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2017 |
William Edward Merritt (18 August 1908 – 9 June 1977) was a
Career in New Zealand
Merritt was born in the
Merritt was a certain selection when New Zealand were elevated to Test status with the
Career in England
At the end of the 1931 tour, Merritt stayed in England to play
By 1938 he had qualified by residence to play for Northamptonshire, where his New Zealand Test colleague Ken James had settled as wicket-keeper. In his one full season for the county, 1939, he scored 926 runs and took 87 wickets, though in this one English season of eight-ball overs he was conceding runs at almost five an over. He was instrumental, with 12 wickets, in enabling Northamptonshire to record their first victory in first-class cricket for almost four years, against Cambridge University, and followed that up with six wickets in an innings when, in the same month of May 1939, the team beat another county (Leicestershire) for the first time since May 1935.
Merritt returned to Northamptonshire to play one season after the
He joined the BBC commentary team for the Test Matches when New Zealand toured England in 1958 and 1969.[11]
References
- ^ R. T. Brittenden, Great Days in New Zealand Cricket, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, pp. 74-79.
- ^ Wisden, 1928, p. 452.
- ^ Wisden, 1932, p. 5.
- ^ a b c Mace, Devon V. (12 February 2016). "SPIN: A New Zealand story". Mind The Windows. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ Nigel Stockley. "Bill Merritt". CricketArchive. Lancashire League Cricket. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b Bill Merritt at Cricinfo
- A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1961, p. 114.
- ^ Canterbury v Otago, 1935-36
- ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Ball by Ball, Grafton, London, 1990, pp. 182, 186.