John Nevis Allan Cameron (26 September 1898 – 16 December 1988) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class match for

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in 1917/18, a wartime fixture against

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in March 1918. He scored three runs in the only innings in which he batted.John Cameron
CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023. Cameron was born at

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in 1898 and educated at Dunedin Normal School. He died in 1988 at

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aged 90.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 30. Cardiff:

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