Mervyn Francis Sandri (20 January 1932 – 16 January 2016) was a New Zealand

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er. He played one first-class match for

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during the 1956–57 season. Sandri was born at Roxburgh in

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in 1932.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 117. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played club cricket for Albion in

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for many years and was regarded as a "very effective" bowler. He took nine wickets in an innings for the club as late as the 1963–64, bolding his medium-pace deliveries "accurately" and taking the catch to dismiss the other batsman during the innings,Dismissed 9, caught 1, ''

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'', volume CIII, issue 30397, 23 March 1964, p. 17.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 29 December 2023.) and was described as a "long standing" member of the

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team, playing Hawke Cup cricket for it between 1958–59 and 1972–73.Merv Sandri
CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2023. After playing for North Otago and age-group cricket for Otago, Sandri played his only first-class match for Otago against the touring Australian Test side in February 1957. Opening the bowling he did not take a wicket, although he made scores of 25 and two in Otago's innings defeat. Sandri died at Timaru in 2016. He was aged 83.

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