Stewart Nigel Clifford Murch (27 June 1944 – 15 July 2020) was an Australian cricketer active from 1966 to 1970 who played for
Northamptonshire
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and
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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.
Born in
Warrnambool
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, Victoria, Murch appeared in ten
first-class matches as a
right arm fast bowler and right-handed
batsman
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. He took 17
wicket
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* It is either of the two sets of three Stump (cricket), stumps and two Bail (cricket), bails at each end of the Cricket pitch, pitch. The Fielding (cricket), fielding team's playe ...
s with a best performance of three for 49, and scored 215
runs with a highest score of 64.
He died on 15 July 2020 at the age of 76.
He was the father-in-law of
Cathy Freeman
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, Australia's 400m Olympic gold medallist.
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See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ...
References
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1944 births
2020 deaths
Australian cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Australian expatriate cricketers in England
Victoria cricketers
Sportspeople from Warrnambool
Cricketers from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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