Bruce Morrison (cricketer)

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Bruce Morrison
Personal information
Full name
Bruce Donald Morrison
Born (1933-12-17) 17 December 1933 (age 89)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  96)1 March 1963 v  England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches147
Runs scored10374
Batting average 5.009.34
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score1037
Balls bowled18611,110
Wickets 2167
Bowling average 64.5024.16
5 wickets in innings 07
10 wickets in match02
Best bowling2/1297/42
Catches/stumpings 1/–30/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Bruce Donald Morrison (born 17 December 1933) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test match in 1963. He bowled right-arm medium pace and was a left-handed tail-end batsman. [1]

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Cricket career

Born in Lower Hutt, Morrison first appeared for his local side, Hutt Valley, in an away game at Nelson in the Hawke Cup in December 1951. [2] Aged 20, he made his first class debut for Wellington against Otago at the Basin Reserve on 7 January 1954. He made an immediate impact, taking 4–70 in Otago's first innings and then 7–42 in their second (although Otago won a thriller by 3 runs). [3] In his next game he continued his fine form, taking 5–60 against Auckland at Eden Park and scoring 33 not out with the bat. [4] He finished the season with 22 wickets at an average of only 16.68. [5]

The highlight of Morrison's next season was Wellington's tour match against the MCC, when he picked up the wickets of Trevor Bailey, Bill Edrich and Colin Cowdrey at the Basin Reserve. [6] He finished the season with 16 wickets at nearly 30 apiece. [7] In 1955–56 he had a better season, with 7–68 against Central Districts being the stand-out performance, [8] and a final haul of 24 wickets for the season. While the 1956–57 season was good (15 wickets at 20.93 apiece) it wasn't until 1960–61 (11 wickets at 17.81), 1961–62 (16 wickets at 18.93) and especially 1962–63 (27 wickets at 20.55, including 5–41 against Otago at Carisbrook, Dunedin [9] ) that he recaptured his early-career form.

Morrison's wicket-taking in the Plunket Shield in 1962–63 led to selection for his only Test later that season, the 96th person capped by New Zealand, [10] in the Second Test against England at the Basin Reserve on 1–4 March 1963. England only batted once, winning by an innings, and Morrison was expensive, with his two wickets (Ted Dexter and Peter Parfitt, both in the same over) coming at a cost of 129 runs. [11] He was not selected for the Third Test. [12]

Morrison played two more first-class seasons for Wellington. His final match was against the touring Pakistanis in January 1965. He continued to play for Hutt Valley in the Hawke Cup until the 1967–68 season. [13]

In 1997–98 he was the joint first winner of the Bert Sutcliffe Medal, which recognises outstanding services to cricket in New Zealand, in recognition of his work for junior cricket in the Wellington area. [14] He was also a Wellington selector for some years. He ran a sports goods business in Hutt Valley before retiring to live in Trentham. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bruce Morrison". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive
  3. ↑ Cricket Archive
  4. ↑ Cricket Archive
  5. ↑ Cricket Archive
  6. ↑ Cricket Archive
  7. ↑ Cricket Archive
  8. ↑ Cricket Archive
  9. ↑ Cricket Archive
  10. ↑ New Zealand test players Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "2nd Test, Wellington, Mar 1 - 4 1963, England tour of New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 Leggat, David (30 March 2018). "New Zealand Cricket's one test wonders: Bruce Morrison". NZ Herald. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  13. ↑ Cricket Archive
  14. ↑ "New Zealand Cricket Awards". NZ Cricket Museum. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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