William Albert Lunn (17 September 1926 – 22 December 1996), commonly known as Bert Lunn or Bill Lunn, was a New Zealand

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player. Lunn played 47 first class games, of which all but six were for

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, he played in two matches for the New Zealand national side, the

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, both of them tests against the touring Australian team in 1949.

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