Ron Silver (cricketer)
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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.
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Full name | Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1910-02-25)25 February 1910 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 June 1984(1984-06-22) (aged 74) Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935/36–1945/46 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 March 2023 |
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]