Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver (25 February 1910 – 22 June 1984) was a New Zealand

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er. He played fourteen first-class matches for

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between 1936 and 1946. After his first-class debut, when he opened the bowling for Otago against

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in the last match of the 1935–36 Plunket Shield and took five wickets, Silver was widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most promising pace bowlers. He took 3 for 34 and 5 for 20 in the first match of the 1936–37 Plunket Shield against

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, but was less successful in the later matches. He took his best figures in the first match of the Plunket Shield after

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, 4 for 84 and 6 for 20, when he dismissed Wellington for 42. Silver also played

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