John Richard Murtagh (born 21 July 1967) is a New Zealand
cricket
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er.
A middle-order batsman, Murtagh
captained the
New Zealand
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Under-19 team in three Youth Tests and three Youth ODIs against the Australian under-19 team in 1986/87. However, he played only six matches at
first-class level, between 1989 and 1992. His best match was in January 1992, when he made 41 and 44 for
Wellington
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against
Auckland
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.
See also
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List of Otago representative cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team. Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland, before playing the first match in New Zealand which i ...
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1967 births
Living people
New Zealand cricketers
Otago cricketers
Wellington cricketers
New Zealand Youth One Day International captains
New Zealand Youth Test captains
People from Geraldine, New Zealand
Cricketers from Canterbury, New Zealand
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