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

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, 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 firs ...

and grandson Scott Meuleman 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 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1920s-stub

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