Ronald Lindsay Murdoch (born 28 December 1945) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Otago during the 1964–65 season.[1]

Ronald Murdoch
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Lindsay Murdoch
Born (1945-12-28) 28 December 1945 (age 78)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964/65Otago
1971/72–1975/76South Canterbury
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 May 2016

Murdoch was born at Dunedin in 1945 and educated at Otago Boys High School in the city.[2] He played age-group cricket for Otago from the 1963–64 season and made all six of his first-class appearances for the senior representative side the following season. As well as all five of Otago's Plunket Shield matches during the season, Murdoch played against the touring Pakistan Test side, scoring a total of 199 runs in his six first-class matches. Generally opening the batting for Otago, he made a score of 48 runs on debut against Canterbury before scoring his only half-century, a score of exactly 50 runs, against Auckland in his third match for the side.[3]

Although Murdoch did not regain his place in Otago's Plunket Shield side after the end of the 1964–65 season, he played for age-group sides until the end of the 1967–68 season.[4] Between 1971–72 and 1975–76 he played Hawke Cup cricket for South Canterbury.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ronald Murdoch, CricInfo. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 97. 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 Ronald Murdoch, CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Hat-trick attempt: Brabin Cup matches, The Press, volume CIV, issue 30943, 27 December 1965, p. 12. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 26 November 2023.)
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