Kenneth Douglas Meuleman (5 September 1923 – 10 September 2004) was an Australian

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er who played in one Test match in 1946. His cricket career started in Victoria, but after moving to

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, he established himself as an important member of the

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team between 1945/46 and 1960/61. He captained the side for a number of seasons. He also established a still operating sporting goods store in Perth called ''Meuleman's Cricket Centre'' as well as coaching and development of the sport including particularly the development of

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. Born to parents of German ancestry, his son

Robert Meuleman Robert Douglas Meuleman (born 6 September 1949 in Melbourne) was a Western Australian cricketer who played 14 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1968 and 1972. Of partial German ancestry, his father, Ken Meuleman was also a first ...

and grandson

Scott Meuleman Scott Meuleman (born 17 July 1980) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-hand opening batsman and occasional leg-break googly bowler. Meuleman, of partial German ancestry, he is a third-generation Western Australian cricketer, with his fathe ...

have also played for Western Australia.

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* 1923 births 2004 deaths Australia Test cricketers Victoria cricketers Western Australia cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne Australian people of German descent D. G. Bradman's XI cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-1920s-stub

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