Maurice Lloyd Ryan (7 June 1943 – 12 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Central Districts from 1965 to 1979.
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| Full name | Maurice Lloyd Ryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1943 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 2011 (aged 68) Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1965/66–1966/67 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967/68–1969/70 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970/71–1978/79 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Ryan was a versatile cricketer: an opening or middle-order batsman and accurate off-spin bowler who later in his career became a wicketkeeper and a successful captain.[1][2] In January 1971, opening for Canterbury, he made two first-class centuries three days apart: 110 on the first day of the match against Northern Districts on 12 January,[3] then 129 on the first day against Auckland on 15 January.[4] In February 1967 he scored 35 and 58 against the Australian tourists, playing a major part in Canterbury's victory, the first time any team in New Zealand had defeated the Australian team in a first-class match.[5]
Ryan represented both North Island and South Island, and played for New Zealand in the Australian one-day competition in 1971-72, but never quite made the New Zealand Test team.[6] He captained Canterbury from 1976-77 to 1978-79. They won the national one-day competition in 1976-77 and 1977-78.
He was chairman of the board of Canterbury Cricket from 1998 to 2000, after which he moved to Sydney.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Canterbury Cricket, 104th Annual Report, 2011, p. 11.
- ^ "A fairy tale finish for Canterbury captain". Press: 7. 31 December 1976.
- ^ "Northern Districts v Canterbury 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1970-71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Wisden 1968, pp. 879–80.
- ^ Wisden 2014, pp. 220–21.