Paul Melville (27 December 1956 – 21 November 1978) was an
Australian cricket
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er. Melville was a right-handed
batsman who played for the
Victoria state cricket team. He died of brain hemorrhage in 1978.
Melville made his
first-class debut for
Victoria against
South Australia in the 1976/77
Sheffield Shield. He made 10 further first-class appearances for Victoria, the last coming against the touring
England XI in the 1978/79 summer. A hard-hitting
batsman, Melville scored 511 runs at an
average of 26.89. He made four
half centuries, with a high score of 86, against Western Australia.
In 1978, Melville played for
Rishton Cricket Club
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The club was ...
in the
Lancashire League, scoring over 1000 runs, the second most runs in the league, only behind future Australian captain
Allan Border. At the start of the 1978/79 season, he played twice for Victoria, before being dropped from the side. On 20 November 1978 he complained of a headache, and died from a
brain haemorrhage the next day.
See also
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List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
External links
Paul Melvilleat
ESPNcricinfoPaul Melvilleat CricketArchive
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1956 births
1978 deaths
Cricketers from Melbourne
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers