Campbell Munro (22 July 1899 – 5 October 1943) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1922 to 1929.
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| Born | (1899-07-22)22 July 1899 Alicedale, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 October 1943(1943-10-05) (aged 44) Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921-22 to 1926-27 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927-28 to 1928-29 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A right-arm pace bowler and useful batsman, in his first season in 1921-22 Munro led the Eastern Province attack, taking 20 wickets in four Currie Cup matches at an average of 24.15.[1] He played only one first-class match in 1922–23, when Eastern Province played the touring MCC. He took 5 for 67, dismissing the top five batsmen, but Eastern Province lost by an innings.[2]
In his first match in 1924-25 he made 41 and 53 in the middle order and took 5 for 68 and 3 for 44 against Orange Free State.[3] His next match was for Eastern Province against S. B. Joel's English team when he took 7 for 81 in S. B. Joel's XI's first innings.[4] He was later selected for South Africa in the last of the five unofficial Tests. He took two wickets in South Africa's victory.[5]
He was outstanding for Eastern Province in the Currie Cup in 1926–27, taking 30 wickets at an average of 21.16. Nobody else in the team took more than nine wickets.[6]
He played for Orange Free State in his last two seasons, 1927–28 and 1928–29, with moderate success.