Maurice Lloyd Ryan (7 June 1943 – 12 August 2011) was a New Zealand

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from 1965 to 1979. Maurice Ryan was a versatile cricketer: an opening or middle-order batsman and accurate off-spin bowler who later in his career became a wicketkeeper and a successful captain.Canterbury Cricket, ''104th Annual Report'', 2011, p. 11. In January 1971, opening for Canterbury, he made two first-class

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three days apart: 110 on the first day of the match against Northern Districts on 12 January, then 129 on the first day against

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on 15 January. In February 1967 he scored 35 and 58 against the Australian tourists, playing a major part in Canterbury's victory, the first time any team in New Zealand had defeated the Australian team in a first-class match. Ryan represented both

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, and played for

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in the Australian one-day competition in 1971-72, but never quite made the New Zealand

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'' 2014, pp. 220–21. He captained Canterbury from 1976-77 to 1978-79. They won the national one-day competition in 1976-77 and 1977-78. He was chairman of the board of Canterbury Cricket from 1998 to 2000, after which he moved to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Maurice 1943 births 2011 deaths New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Central Districts cricketers Cricketers from Christchurch New Zealand cricket administrators South Island cricketers North Island cricketers