Colin Ross Nicholson (9 September 1939 – 4 February 2020) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class cricket match for Canterbury during the 1959–60 season and one for

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in the 1963–64 season. Ross Nicholson was born at Oamaru in

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in 1939 and educated at Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 99. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. After playing age-group cricket for Otago and other matches for Southland and a New zealand Brabin XI, he made his first-class debut for Canterbury against Wellington at the Basin Reserve in January 1960. An opening bowler, Nicholson took one wicket on debut. His other first-class match was also against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. Playing for Otago in December 1963 Nicholson went wicketless as Otago lostby an innings. Nicholson died at

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in 2020 aged 80. His older brother Kenneth also played cricket for Otago.

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