Charles Morris (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class match for

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during the 1863–64 season. An opening batsman who had come to New Zealand from

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,McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 95. Cardiff:

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. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Morris scored only 1 and 2 in his only match, but he has the distinction of having faced the first delivery in New Zealand first-class cricket. He also scored the first run, and shortly afterwards became the first batsman to be dismissed. At the time he was the

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of the newly founded North Dunedin Cricket Club. A few weeks later Morris won a bat for making Otago's equal top score (12) in the match against the touring English team. He was one of only four New Zealand batsmen who reached double figures in the three matches against the English team. He is known to have played club cricket in

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, but no details of his life after 1865 are known.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Charles 1840 births Year of death missing New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Place of birth missing