Murray_Gardner_(cricketer)

Murray Gardner (cricketer)

Murray Gardner (cricketer)

South African cricketer and Royal Air Force officer

Charles Murray Shand Gardner DFC OBE (7 October 1913 – 2 July 2001) was a South African cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

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Life and career

Murray Gardner was born in Grahamstown and educated there at St Andrew's College and Rhodes University.[1] He played 10 matches of first-class cricket for Eastern Province and Border between 1931 and 1937. An opening batsman, his highest score was 51 for Eastern Province against Border in the Currie Cup in 1931–32.[2]

He joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and served throughout the war, ending as a lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the DFC in 1941 and appointed OBE in 1945 for services to the allied air forces.[1][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Murray Gardner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Eastern Province v Border 1931–32". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    John S. Milner, "South African Cricketers and the War", The Cricketer, Winter Annual 1945, p. 35.
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