Ron Silver (cricketer)

Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver (25 February 1910 – 22 June 1984) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches for Otago between 1936 and 1946.[1]

Ron Silver
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver
Born(1910-02-25)25 February 1910
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died22 June 1984(1984-06-22) (aged 74)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935/36–1945/46Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 175
Batting average 8.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 37*
Balls bowled 2911
Wickets 49
Bowling average 27.22
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/20
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2023

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,[2] Silver was widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most promising pace bowlers.[3] 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.[4] He took his best figures in the first match of the Plunket Shield after World War II, 4 for 84 and 6 for 20, when he dismissed Wellington for 42.[5]

Silver also played rugby union for Otago and Canterbury.[6]

References
  1. "Ron Silver". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. "Canterbury v Otago 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. "Last Year's Premiers". Evening Star: 4. 30 September 1936.
  4. "Wellington v Otago 1936-37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. "Wellington v Otago 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. "Ron Silver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2023.


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