John Morris (New Zealand cricketer)

John Bentham Morris (9 January 1933 – 9 January 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer and orthopaedic surgeon.

John Morris

Personal information
Full name	John Bentham Morris
Born	9 January 1933 Paddington, London, England
Died	9 January 1970 (aged 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951-52 to 1956-57	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 23 Runs scored 1021 Batting average 25.52 100s/50s 2/3 Top score 103 Balls bowled 48 Wickets 1 Bowling average 28.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/7 Catches/stumpings 11/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 December 2020

Life and career

Morris was born in London in January 1933, the son of an orthopaedic surgeon, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was a boy. He was educated at King's College, Auckland, and the University of Otago, where he graduated in medicine in 1956.[1] He furthered his orthopaedic training in the UK and the US before returning to New Zealand and taking up the position of orthopaedic surgeon at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland.[1] He and his Middlemore Hospital colleague Ross Nicholson pioneered hip replacement surgery in New Zealand.[2] He died of illness in January 1970, survived by his wife and their three children.[1]

Morris played 23 first-class matches for Auckland between 1951 and 1957.[3] A right-handed middle-order batsman, he scored 45 and 103 in Auckland's victory over Wellington in the 1953-54 Plunket Shield.[4] His other first-class century was 101 not out in Auckland's victory over Central Districts in the 1952-53 Plunket Shield.[5] He was Auckland's leading scorer in the 1954-55 Plunket Shield, with 280 runs at an average of 35.00.[6] He played for North Island in a trial match before the Test series against England in 1954-55 and scored 34, but was not selected for the Test team.[7]

See also

• List of Auckland representative cricketers

References

1. "Morris, John Bentham (1932 - 1970)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
2. "O. Ross Nicholson, MD". SRS News. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "John Morris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
4. "Auckland v Wellington 1953-54". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. "Auckland v Central Districts 1952-53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
6. "Auckland Batting 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
7. "South Island v North Island 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

External links

• John Morris at ESPNcricinfo