Ronald Morrisby
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| Full name | Ronald Orlando George Morrisby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 January 1915 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Died | 12 June 1995 (aged 80) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1931-32 - 1951-52 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2009
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Ronald Orlando George Morrisby (12 January 1915 – 12 June 1995), was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952. He can be considered one of the most outstanding Tasmanian batsman of his era, and was unlucky never to be selected to play test cricket for Australia, despite having toured India with an Australian side. Morrisby was the 29th player to captain the Tasmanian first-class team, but was never able to lead them to victory. An exciting batsman with a preference for playing off the back foot, he played for South Hobart Cricket Club in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition, and still holds many records in that competition, including being the all-time leading run scorer.
Ronald Morrisby still holds the record for the most runs in a single season in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition, having score 1099 runs in the 1950-51 season. His highest season average of 77.71 is also still the highest ever. Morrisby is also the all-time leading run-scorer in that competition, with his career total for South Hobart Cricket Club, a staggering 16,000 runs exactly. His highest score of 197 against Sandy Bay Cricket Club (his own team South Hobart, and Sandy Bay were later to merge) is the second highest score ever made in the Tasmanian grade competition. He also scored 180*, and passed 150 on six occasions, but never managed a double century in his entire career. Morrisby also holds the record for the highest ever first wicket partnership, when he and Jim Atkinson put on an unbeaten stand of 286 against New Town Cricket Club in the 1931-32 season. He was the highest season aggregate run-scorer in an incredible 13 separate seasons. Morrisby helped South Hobart to five premierships during his career, before finally retired from club cricket in 1960 at the age of 45.
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