Feat Beat Record
R. C. Merrin’s fine figurea of seven for 61 for u a Canterbury XI against '! New Zealand at Lancaster 1; Park last week were the I best achieved by a New ;; Zealand player in his in- ;! itial first-class match. H They have been surpassed ! ! by only a handful of players in cricket history. ; Strangely, one of Mer- ;! tin’s fellow players in last '1 week-end’s match, N. A. Huxford, was the holder ; of the honour. In his first ;; match, for Wellington i against the Pakistani ' tourists in 1964, Huxford 1 took seven for 95. He fol- .' lowed this with six wickets in his first Inn- ];■ ings in Plunket Shield ; cricket
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31530, 18 November 1967, Page 11
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112Feat Beat Record Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31530, 18 November 1967, Page 11
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