{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Russell Merrin | country = | fullname = Russell Conway Merrin | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|5|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kaiapoi, New Zealand | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Canterbury | year1 = 1967-68 to 1974-75 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 141 | bat avg1 = 12.81 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 25 | deliveries1 = 1785 | wickets1 = 30 | bowl avg1 = 24.16 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/61 | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 7 | bat avg2 = 3.50 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 4 | deliveries2 = 112 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 43.00 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = n/a | best bowling2 = 2/28 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | date = 10 September 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37917.html Cricinfo }} '''Russell Conway Merrin''' (born 11 May 1945) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1967 to 1975.
An opening bowler, Merrin took 7 for 61 in the first innings on his first-class debut for Canterbury in 1967-68 in a match against a New Zealand XI (essentially the national team at the time without its Canterbury representatives). They remained his best first-class bowling figures.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29137.html| title = Canterbury v New Zealand XI 1967-68 | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 10 September 2017}}</ref>
Merrin also played Hawke Cup cricket for North Canterbury from 1964 to 1985, and was named in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011.<ref>{{cite news| work=Stuff.co.nz| first=Wayne |last=Martin |accessdate=29 March 2017| title=Nelson hold an esteemed place in annals of Hawke Cup cricket history|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/89584637/nelson-hold-an-esteemed-place-in-annals-of-hawke-cup-cricket-history|date=21 February 2017}}</ref> He took 6 for 41 when North Canterbury won the title from Manawatu in January 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123602.html| title = Manawatu v North Canterbury 1966-67| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 10 September 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricketarchive|id=22482}} *{{cricinfo|id=37917}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Merrin, Russell}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Canterbury cricketers Category:Sportspeople from Kaiapoi Category:Cricketers from the Canterbury Region