John Ross Frederick Duncan (born 25 March 1944) is a former

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er who played one

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in 1971. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Duncan was brought into the Test team for the Fifth Test at

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which replaced the

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second tour match against the MCC in the 1970–71 Ashes series. Brought in as a fast-medium seam bowler to replace the injured

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, Duncan made only 3 with the bat and took 0/30 with the ball in the first innings, but did not bat or bowl in the second and took no catches. He was dropped for the Sixth Test in favour of

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. He also represented Australia in 1971–72 in one match against

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' Rest of the World XI, again without success. He played for Queensland from 1964–65 to 1970–71, usually opening the bowling with Peter Allan, then for Victoria in 1971–72 and 1972–73. His best performance was 8 for 55 and 5 for 70 against Victoria at Melbourne in December 1970.Victoria v Queensland, 1970–71
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Ross Duncan at Cricket Archive

1944 births Living people Australia Test cricketers Queensland cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Brisbane Australian cricketers 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1940s-stub

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