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Campbell Munro

Campbell Munro
Personal information
Born(1899-07-22)22 July 1899
Alicedale, Cape Colony
Died5 October 1943(1943-10-05) (aged 44)
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1921–22 to 1926–27Eastern Province
1927–28 to 1928–29Orange Free State
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 23
Runs scored 685
Batting average 16.70
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 57
Balls bowled 4689
Wickets 100
Bowling average 23.43
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/81
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 October 2017

Campbell Munro (22 July 1899 – 5 October 1943) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1922 to 1929.

Life and career

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Munro went to school in Port Elizabeth and attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown before becoming an accountant.[1] A right-arm pace bowler and useful batsman, in his first season in 1921–22 Munro led the Eastern Province attack, taking 20 wickets in four Currie Cup matches at an average of 24.15.[2] He played only one first-class match in 1922–23, when Eastern Province played the touring MCC. He took 5 for 67, dismissing the top five batsmen, but Eastern Province lost by an innings.[3]

In his first match in 1924–25, Munro made 41 and 53 in the middle order and took 5 for 68 and 3 for 44 against Orange Free State.[4] His next match was for Eastern Province against S. B. Joel's English team when he took 7 for 81 in S. B. Joel's XI's first innings.[5] He was later selected for South Africa in the last of the five unofficial Tests. He took two wickets in South Africa's victory.[6]

He was outstanding for Eastern Province in the Currie Cup in 1926–27, taking 30 wickets at an average of 21.16. Nobody else in the team took more than nine wickets.[7]

Munro played for Orange Free State in his last two seasons, 1927–28 and 1928–29, with moderate success.

References

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  1. ^ Ballantine, E. M. (3 January 1923). "Englishmen in South Africa". Referee: 12.
  2. ^ "Bowling for Eastern Province, Currie Cup 1921–22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Eastern Province v MCC 1922–23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Eastern Province v Orange Free State 1924–25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Eastern Province v S. B. Joel's XI 1924–25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. ^ "South Africa v S. B. Joel's XI, Port Elizabeth 1924–25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Eastern Province, Currie Cup 1926–27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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