Alan Melville

Alan Melville

Melville in about 1935
Personal information
Full name	Alan Melville
Born	(1910-05-19)19 May 1910 Carnarvon, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	18 April 1983(1983-04-18) (aged 72) Sabie, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-break Right-arm off-break
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Colin Melville (brother) Christopher Melville (nephew)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 152)	24 December 1938 v England
Last Test	5 January 1949 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928/29–1929/30	Natal
1930–1933	Oxford University
1932–1936	Sussex
1936/37–1948/49	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 11 190 Runs scored 894 10,598 Batting average 52.58 37.85 100s/50s 4/3 25/53 Top score 189 189 Balls bowled – 6,927 Wickets – 132 Bowling average – 29.99 5 wickets in innings – 7 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 5/17 Catches/stumpings 8/– 155/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 May 2013

Alan Melville (19 May 1910 – 18 April 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1938 to 1949.^[1] He was born in Carnarvon, Northern Cape, South Africa and died at Sabie, Transvaal.