Clement Lindsay William "Mick" Randall (8 August 1913 – 23 December 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in ten first-class matches for Wellington from 1948 to 1951.[1]

Mick Randall
Randall during World War II
Personal information
Full name
Clement Lindsay William Randall
Born(1913-08-08)8 August 1913
Napier, New Zealand
Died23 December 2007(2007-12-23) (aged 94)
Nelson, New Zealand
NicknameMick
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948/49–1950/51Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 140
Batting average 12.72
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 36
Balls bowled 1,609
Wickets 31
Bowling average 19.51
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/18
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2023

Life and career

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Born in Napier, Randall attended Wellington Technical College and became an accountant. During World War II he served as a captain with the New Zealand Army in the South Pacific.[2]

Randall was an accurate right-arm medium-pace bowler who was 35 years old when he played his first first-class match in December 1948. In Wellington's victory over Otago in the Plunket Shield in December 1949 he took three wickets in each innings, finishing with match figures of 41–14–62–6.[3] A year later, in his last season, he had match figures of 19.3–2–36–5 against Central Districts.[4]

Randall later served as president of the Wellington Cricket Association.[5] He worked in Wellington, where he became a company director.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Clement Randall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Captain C. L. Randall". Online Cenotaph. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Wellington v Otago 1949-50". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Wellington v Central Districts 1950-51". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ^ Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 110.
  6. ^ "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls 1960 Wellington Central". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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