Maurice Charles Langdon (12 October 1934 – 27 March 2022) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 25 first-class matches for Northern Districts from 1957 to 1965.
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| Full name | Maurice Charles Langdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1934 Wanganui, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 March 2022 (aged 87) Tauranga, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957/58–1964/65 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Langdon was a middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. He held the record for 33 years for best bowling in an innings by a Northern Districts player in first-class cricket. In January 1964 he claimed 8/21 against Auckland.[1] This surpassed Gren Alabaster's mark of 8/30 of less than a year before, and stood until Alex Tait took 9/48 — also against Auckland — in February 1997.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Auckland v Northern Districts in 1963/64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Northern Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ "Maurice Langdon obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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