Mel Ryan
English cricketer (1933–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melville Ryan (23 June 1933 – 16 November 2015)[1] was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield, and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield.
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Full name | Melville Ryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1933-06-23)23 June 1933 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 November 2015(2015-11-16) (aged 82) Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1954–1965 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN cricinfo, 28 August 2022 |
Ryan was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 413 wickets in 150 first-class matches at an average of 22.92 runs per wicket. He took five wickets in an innings twelve times with best figures of 7/45. He achieved ten wickets in a match twice with a best return of 10/77. A right-handed tail-end batsman, he scored 682 career runs with a highest score of 26*. He was generally an outfielder and completed 59 catches.