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Full name | Christopher Duncan McLean Melville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa | 4 October 1935||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Alan Melville (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 to 1957 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 21 April 2019 |
Christopher Duncan McLean Melville (born 4 October 1935) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University in 1956 and 1957.
Melville's uncle was the South African Test captain Alan Melville. [1] Christopher went to school at Michaelhouse before going to Trinity College, Oxford. [2] A middle-order batsman, he was Oxford's most successful batsman in 1957, scoring 715 runs at an average of 37.63, [3] with a highest score of 142, made out of a team total of 262, against Leicestershire. [4]
After he graduated with an honours degree in Jurisprudence, Melville returned to South Africa and joined the Anglo American mining company in Johannesburg. [5]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christopher Duncan McLean Melville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa | 4 October 1935||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Alan Melville (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 to 1957 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 21 April 2019 |
Christopher Duncan McLean Melville (born 4 October 1935) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University in 1956 and 1957.
Melville's uncle was the South African Test captain Alan Melville. [1] Christopher went to school at Michaelhouse before going to Trinity College, Oxford. [2] A middle-order batsman, he was Oxford's most successful batsman in 1957, scoring 715 runs at an average of 37.63, [3] with a highest score of 142, made out of a team total of 262, against Leicestershire. [4]
After he graduated with an honours degree in Jurisprudence, Melville returned to South Africa and joined the Anglo American mining company in Johannesburg. [5]