Ron Silver

Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver (25 February 1910 – 22 June 1984) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches for Otago between 1936 and 1946. After his first-class debut, when he opened the bowling for Otago against Canterbury in the last match of the 1935–36 Plunket Shield and took five wickets, Silver was widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most promising pace bowlers. He took 3 for 34 and 5 for 20 in the first match of the 1936–37 Plunket Shield against Wellington, but was less successful in the later matches. He took his best figures in the first match of the Plunket Shield after World War II, 4 for 84 and 6 for 20, when he dismissed Wellington for 42. Silver also played rugby union for Otago and Canterbury. References