Mervyn Sandri

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Mervyn Sandri
Personal information
Full name
Mervyn Francis Sandri
Born(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Roxburgh, Central Otago, New Zealand
Died16 January 2016(2016-01-16) (aged 83)
Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956/57Otago
1958/59–1972/73North Otago
Source: CricInfo, 23 May 2016

Mervyn Francis Sandri (20 January 1932 – 16 January 2016)[1] was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1956–57 season.[2] Sandri was born at Roxburgh in Central Otago in 1932.[3] He played club cricket for Albion in Dunedin for many years and was regarded as a "very effective" bowler.[4] He took nine wickets in an innings for the club as late as the 1963–64, bolding his medium-pace deliveries "accurately" and taking the catch to dismiss the other batsman during the innings,[5] and was described as a "long standing" member of the North Otago team, playing Hawke Cup cricket for it between 1958–59 and 1972–73.[6] After playing for North Otago and age-group cricket for Otago, Sandri played his only first-class match for Otago against the touring Australian Test side in February 1957. Opening the bowling he did not take a wicket, although he made scores of 25 and two in Otago's innings defeat.[6] Sandri died at Timaru in 2016. He was aged 83.[2]

References

  1. "Mervyn SANDRI Death". The Timaru Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Mervin Sandri". CricInfo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 117. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. Brabin Shield, Otago Daily Times, issue 27240, 17 November 1949, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 29 December 2023.)
  5. Dismissed 9, caught 1, The Press, volume CIII, issue 30397, 23 March 1964, p. 17. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 29 December 2023.)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Merv Sandri, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2023. (subscription required)

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