Stewart Nigel Clifford Murch (27 June 1944 – 15 July 2020) was an Australian cricketer active from 1966 to 1970 who played for
Northamptonshire
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and
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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.
Born in
Warrnambool
Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Al ...
, Victoria, Murch appeared in ten
first-class matches as a
right arm fast bowler and right-handed
batsman
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. He took 17
wicket
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* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
s with a best performance of three for 49, and scored 215
runs with a highest score of 64.
He died on 15 July 2020 at the age of 76.
He was the father-in-law of
Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set ...
, Australia's 400m Olympic gold medallist.
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See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ...
References
1944 births
2020 deaths
Australian cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Sportspeople from Warrnambool
Cricketers from Victoria (state)
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