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Russell Conway Merrin (born 11 May 1945) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1967 to 1975.

Russell Merrin

Personal information
Full name	Russell Conway Merrin
Born	(1945-05-11) 11 May 1945 (age 77) Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1967-68 to 1974-75	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 11 2 Runs scored 141 7 Batting average 12.81 3.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 25 4 Balls bowled 1785 112 Wickets 30 2 Bowling average 24.16 43.00 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 7/61 2/28 Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 September 2017

An opening bowler, Merrin took 7 for 61 in the first innings on his first-class debut for Canterbury in 1967-68 in a match against a New Zealand XI (essentially the national team at the time without its Canterbury representatives). They remained his best first-class bowling figures.[1]

Merrin also played Hawke Cup cricket for North Canterbury from 1964 to 1985, and was named in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011.[2] He took 6 for 41 when North Canterbury won the title from Manawatu in January 1967.[3]

References

External links

• Russell Merrin at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Russell Merrin at ESPNcricinfo

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