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Batting style
  
Right-hand bat

Died
  
December 16, 1985

Role
  
Cricket Player


Name
  
Mervyn Waite

National side
  
Australian

Bowling style
  
Right-arm Off Spin

Mervyn Waite

Mervyn George Waite (7 January 1911, Kent Town, South Australia – 16 December 1985, Georgetown, South Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1938. He played as an all-rounder for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield from 1930 to 1946.

Waite was also a leading Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), first at West Torrens then Glenelg, the combined Glenelg/West Adelaide World War II side, and finally with South Adelaide. In total he played 142 league games, kicking 343 goals, and was the leading goalkicker at West Torrens in 1931, 1932 and 1934.

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Mervyn Waite Wikipedia