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| Full name | Paul Melville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-12-27)27 December 1956 South Shields, Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 November 1978(1978-11-21) (aged 21) Vermont South, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976/77–1978/79 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Melville (27 December 1956 – 21 November 1978) was an Australian cricketer. Melville was a right-handed batsman who played for the Victoria state cricket team.[1]
Melville made his first-class debut for Victoria against South Australia in the 1976/77 Sheffield Shield. He made 10 further first-class appearances for Victoria, the last coming against the touring England XI in the 1978/79 summer.[2] A hard-hitting batsman, Melville scored 511 runs at an average of 26.89. He made four half centuries, with a high score of 86,[3] against Western Australia.[4]
In 1978, Melville played for Rishton Cricket Club in the Lancashire League, scoring over 1000 runs, the second most runs in the league, only behind future Australian captain Allan Border.[5] At the start of the 1978/79 season, he played twice for Victoria, before being dropped from the side. On 20 November 1978 he complained of a headache, and died from a brain haemorrhage the next day.[6]
See also
- List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
^ Hanlon, Peter (26 December 2015). "Paul Melville: a dynamic talent taken before his time". Sydney Morning Herald..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "First-Class Matches played by Paul Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paul Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "Victoria v Western Australia, 1977/78 Sheffield Shield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "Batting and Fielding in Lancashire League 1978 (Ordered by runs)".
^ Jackson, Russell (8 August 2014). "Remembering Paul Melville".
External links
Paul Melville at ESPNcricinfo
Paul Melville at CricketArchive
1956 births, 1978 deaths, Australian cricketers, Cricketers from Victoria (Australia), Sportspeople from Melbourne, Victoria cricketersUncategorized
