Murray Melville

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Murray Melville
 
Team
Curling clubSt. Martins CC, Perth
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances
2 (1969, 1970)
Medal record
Curling
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1970 Utica
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1969 Perth
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970

Murray Melville is a Scottish curler.

At the 1969 World Men's Championship, called the Air Canada Silver Broom, Bill Muirhead brought Melville in to replace second Derek Scott, who had a migraine, for the semifinal against the United States. [1] [2] Scotland lost that game, settling for the bronze medal. [3]

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In 1970, Muirhead brought Melville on to his team full-time, replacing Alex Young at lead. The other two members of Muirhead's bronze medalist team, second Derek Scott and third George Haggart, stayed on in their respective positions. Melville and Team Muirhead won the Scottish men's champion [4] that year, taking them back to the World Championship. At World's they won the silver medal [5] when they lost to Don Duguid's Team Canada in the final with a score of 4–11. [6]

In 1983, Melville played third for Alan Glen's team when they won the Perth Masters, a major bonspiel held annually in Perth, Scotland. [7]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1968–69 Bill Muirhead George Haggart Derek Scott Alex Young Murray Melville (WMCC) 1969 WMCC Bronze medal icon.svg [1] [2]
1969–70Bill MuirheadGeorge HaggartDerek ScottMurray Melville1970 SMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1970 WMCC Silver medal icon.svg
1982–83 Alan Glen Murray MelvilleScott Symon Leonard Dudman

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References

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