William McDougall "Mac" Anderson (8 October 1919 – 21 December 1979) was a New Zealand

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er who played in one

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in 1946. His son Robert Anderson played international cricket for New Zealand in the 1970s.

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Mac Anderson played for

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from 1938–39 to 1949–50 as a batsman and occasional leg-spinner. He made his highest score in 1945–46, when he scored 137 in 396 minutes opening the batting for Canterbury against

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. He made 61 for Canterbury against the

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shortly afterwards, and was selected for the single Test against Australia in

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. He was one of six New Zealanders to make their Test debuts in this match; for five of them, including Anderson, it was their only Test. He made 4 and 1. He made 285 runs at 71.25 in the 1948–49

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with three 50s, and played in the trial match, but was not selected for the subsequent tour to England. Anderson later served as a selector for Canterbury and, for two years, for the New Zealand Test team. Anderson married Ruth Wickham in

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in April 1947. He died in December 1979, aged 60.

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Cricket career

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