Russell Eric Wilson Mawhinney (born 28 March 1960) is a New Zealand lawyer and former

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er. He played

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for

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, Griqualand West and Northern Districts between the 1983–84 and 1990–91 seasons.Russell Mawhinney

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. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Mawhinney was born at Ranfurly in

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in 1960 into a farming family. He was educated at Ranfurly High School and

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before taking a geography degree at the University of Otago, graduating in 1984.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 91. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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New Zealand Law Society, 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2023. He played age-group cricket and

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for Otago and played Second XI cricket for Otago from the 1982–83 season before making his representative debut for the provincial side the following season, playing in Otago's final two Plunket Shield matches of the season, scoring 41 runs on debut and taking two wickets in his second match.Russell Mawhinney
CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2023. After graduating Mawhinney played cricket in England for a year before training as a lawyer in

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, qualifying in 1986 at

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. He played 11 first-class and five

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matches for Northern Districts during the 1985–86 and 1986–97 seasons and played cricket in Scotland for Stirling County for two seasons. During 1988–89 he played in South Africa for Griqualand West during the

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, later arguing that he "wanted to see

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through my own eyes". He returned to play for Otago for three season from 1989–90 to 1990–91, making a further 16 first-class and five List A appearances for the side. Mawhinney went on to practice law at

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before buying a practice at Queenstown in

in 2002. He served on the

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for three years and was a member of the New Zealand Law Society executive committee for property law. He is married with three sons.Roxburgh T (2012
Lawyer fined for crossing legal line
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'', 25 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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* 1960 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Griqualand West cricketers Northern Districts cricketers People from Ranfurly, New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1960s-stub