Paul Melville (27 December 1956 – 21 November 1978) was an Australian cricketer. Melville was a right-handed batsman who played for the Victoria state cricket team. He died of brain hemorrhage in 1978.[1]
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| Full name | Paul Melville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-12-27)27 December 1956 South Shields, Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 November 1978(1978-11-21) (aged 21) Vermont South, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976/77–1978/79 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 August 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Melville made his first-class debut for Victoria against South Australia in the 1976/77 Sheffield Shield. He made 10 further first-class appearances for Victoria, the last coming against the touring England XI in the 1978/79 summer.[2] A hard-hitting batsman, Melville scored 511 runs at an average of 26.89. He made four half centuries, with a high score of 86,[3] against Western Australia.[4]
In 1978, Melville played for Rishton Cricket Club in the Lancashire League, scoring over 1000 runs, the second most runs in the league, only behind future Australian captain Allan Border.[5] At the start of the 1978/79 season, he played twice for Victoria, before being dropped from the side. On 20 November 1978 he complained of a headache, and died from a brain haemorrhage the next day.[6]