Summary
William Dick Murison (24 February 1837 – 28 December 1877)[1] was a 19th-century New Zealand Member of Parliament, journalist and cricketer.
Biography edit
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866–1868 | 4th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
Murison was born in Alyth in Perthshire, Scotland in 1837 and educated at Royal High School in Edinburgh[2] before emigrating to Otago in New Zealand in 1856.[3] He played three first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1866–67 seasons, scoring a total of 29 runs in the first three first-class matches to be played in New Zealand.[1][4]
He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1866, when he narrowly defeated Julius Vogel,[5] to 1868, when he resigned.[6] From 1871 until his death in 1877, he was editor of the Otago Daily Times.
He died on 28 December 1877 in Dunedin, aged 40.[1] He left a wife and five children.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "William Murison". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 97. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b "Death of Mr. W. D. Murison". Otago Daily Times (4951): 3. 29 December 1877. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ William Murison, CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ "Waikouaiti Election". Otago Witness. No. 744. 3 March 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 222. OCLC 154283103.