William McDougall "Mac" Anderson (8 October 1919 – 21 December 1979) was a New Zealand

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er who played in one Test match in 1946. His son Robert Anderson played international cricket for New Zealand in the 1970s.

Cricket career

Anderson was educated at

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. He played for

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from 1938–39 to 1949–50 as a batsman and occasional leg-spinner. He made his highest score in 1945–46, when he scored 137 in 396 minutes opening the batting for Canterbury against

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. He made 61 for Canterbury against the

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shortly afterwards, and was selected for the single Test against Australia in

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. He was one of six New Zealanders to make their Test debuts in this match; for five of them, including Anderson, it was their only Test. He made 4 and 1. Anderson made 285 runs at 71.25 in the 1948–49

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with three 50s, and played in the trial match, but was not selected for the subsequent tour to England. Anderson later served as a selector for Canterbury and, for two years, for the New Zealand Test team. Anderson married Ruth Wickham in

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in April 1947. They lived in Christchurch, where he worked as a salesman. He died in December 1979, aged 60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Mac 1919 births 1979 deaths People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers People from Westport, New Zealand South Island cricketers New Zealand Army cricketers South Island Army cricketers