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Full name | David Lloyd Mundy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Enfield, South Australia | 30 June 1947||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969/70 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,23 August 2020 |
David Lloyd Mundy (born 30 June 1947) is an Australian baseballer and cricketer who was an inaugural inductee to the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame in 2005. [1]
Mundy played for South Australia in the Claxton Shield from 1965 to 1981. He also represented Australia at a national level from 1966 to 1979,highlighted by a bronze medal at the 1975 Asian Baseball Championship.[ citation needed ]
Mundy also played in two first-class matches for South Australia in 1969/70. [2]
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