Maurice Graham
Personal information
Born(1902-08-12)12 August 1902
Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died26 February 1993(1993-02-26) (aged 90)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934/35–1936/37Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 68
Batting average 7.55
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30*
Balls bowled 1530
Wickets 26
Bowling average 22.61
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/76
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 January 2024

Maurice Graham (12 August 1902 – 26 February 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in nine first-class matches for Canterbury between 1934 and 1937.[1]

Graham was born in Leeston on the Canterbury Plains south of Christchurch and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.[2] He made his first-class debut in 1934–35, forming an effective pace attack with Stan Andrews and Alby Roberts to help Canterbury win the Plunket Shield. In the final match, against Otago, he took 5 for 76 and 4 for 50.[3] He played a few more matches in the next two seasons but was less effective.[4]

Graham married Doreen de Rosier Cook in Christchurch in May 1943.[5] He served as a lance-bombardier with the New Zealand Artillery in World War II.[6] He died in Christchurch in February 1993.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Maurice Graham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 58.
  3. ↑ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1914–1933, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1936, pp. 556–59.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Maurice Graham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Marriages". Press: 1. 5 June 1943.
  6. ↑ "Maurice Graham". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Maurice Graham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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