Alexander Morris (14 November 1858 – 1 April 1918) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played one

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match for

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during the 1884–85 season. Morris was born at

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in 1858 and educated at Otago Boys' High School.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 95. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He worked in the banking industry, joining the Colonial Bank of New Zealand soon after it was established at Dunedin in 1874. He managed the bank's office at

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and stayed in post when the bank was amalgamated into the

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in 1895 before being promoted to manage the office at

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. He was later promoted to become an inspector for the bank, initially visiting a range of branches before taking up the position of resident inspector at

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.Obituary: Mr Alexander Morris, '' Evening Star'', issue 16697, 2 April 1918, p. 4.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 2 June 2023.) A

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player for Dunedin and a cricketer, Morris made his only first-class cricket appearance for Otago in a match against

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played at Lancaster Park in

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over the New Years period in 1884–85. He scored two runs and did not take a wicket in the match.Alexander Morris
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2023. Morris was married and had three children. He died at Dunedin in 1918 whilst still in post with the Bank of New Zealand, although he had been on sick leave for a period of months. He was aged 59.

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* 1858 births 1918 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin 19th-century New Zealand sportspeople People educated at Otago Boys' High School {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1850s-stub