Maurice Ryan

Maurice Lloyd Ryan (7 June 1943 – 12 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Central Districts from 1965 to 1979.

Maurice Ryan

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Lloyd Ryan
Born	(1943-06-07)7 June 1943 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	12 August 2011(2011-08-12) (aged 68) Sydney, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Role	All-rounder, wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965-66 to 1966-67, 1970-71 to 1978-79	Canterbury
1967-68 to 1969-70	Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 66 16 Runs scored 3022 276 Batting average 29.05 21.23 100s/50s 3/18 0/1 Top score 129 76 Balls bowled 2250 64 Wickets 33 0 Bowling average 21.39 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 4/34 – Catches/stumpings 87/11 12/2
Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2018

Maurice Ryan was a versatile cricketer: an opening or middle-order batsman and accurate off-spin bowler who later in his career became a wicketkeeper and a successful captain.^[1][2] In January 1971, opening for Canterbury, he made two first-class centuries three days apart: 110 on the first day of the match against Northern Districts on 12 January,^[3] then 129 on the first day against Auckland on 15 January.^[4] In February 1967 he scored 35 and 58 against the Australian tourists, playing a major part in Canterbury's victory, the first time any team in New Zealand had defeated the Australian team in a first-class match.^[5]

Ryan represented both North Island and South Island, and played for New Zealand in the Australian one-day competition in 1971-72, but never quite made the New Zealand Test team.^[6] He captained Canterbury from 1976-77 to 1978-79. They won the national one-day competition in 1976-77 and 1977-78.

He was chairman of the board of Canterbury Cricket from 1998 to 2000, after which he moved to Sydney.^[1]