Robert Douglas Meuleman (born 6 September 1949 in
Melbourne
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) was a
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
n
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played 14
first-class matches for
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
between 1968 and 1972.
Of partial German ancestry,
his father,
Ken Meuleman
Kenneth Douglas Meuleman (5 September 1923 – 10 September 2004) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1946. His cricket career started in Victoria, but after moving to Perth, Western Australia, he established himself as ...
was also a first-class cricketer (played 1 test for Australia) and son
Scott Meuleman
Scott Meuleman (born 17 July 1980) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-hand opening batsman and occasional leg-break googly bowler.
Meuleman, of partial German ancestry, he is a third-generation Western Australian cricketer, with his fathe ...
is also a first-class cricketer playing for Western Australia.
He was the batting coach of former Australia wicket-keeper/batsman
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keep ...
. 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
*
List of Western Australia first-class cricketers
References
External links
*
1949 births
Living people
Western Australia cricketers
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Australian people of German descent
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