Robert Douglas Meuleman (born 6 September 1949 in
Melbourne
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) was a
Western Australia
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cricket
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er who played 14
first-class matches for
Western Australia
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between 1968 and 1972.
Of partial German ancestry,
his father,
Ken Meuleman was also a first-class cricketer (played 1 test for Australia) and son
Scott Meuleman is also a first-class cricketer playing for Western Australia.
He was the batting coach of former Australia wicket-keeper/batsman
Adam Gilchrist
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. He is credited with giving Gilchrist the idea to bat with a
squash ball in his batting gloves. Meuleman won the Australia State Junior Championships in 1967 & 1968 in squash.
See also
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List of Western Australia first-class cricketers
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References
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1949 births
Living people
Western Australia cricketers
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Australian people of German descent
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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