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McCrery, Nigel (2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN978-1-52670-695-9.
April 12, 2024
david, merry, cricketer, david, merry, 1923, 1944, tobagonian, first, class, cricketer, royal, force, officer, david, merrypersonal, informationborn1923, 1923, tobagodied4, 1944, aged, near, penhold, alberta, canadarelationscyril, merry, brother, domestic, tea. David Merry 1923 4 May 1944 was a Tobagonian first class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer David MerryPersonal informationBorn1923 1923 TobagoDied4 May 1944 aged 21 near Penhold Alberta CanadaRelationsCyril Merry brother Domestic team informationYearsTeam1940 1941TrinidadCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 135Batting average 45 00100s 50s 1Top score 80Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches stumpings 1 Source Cricinfo 26 July 2020Born in Tobago in 1923 Merry was educated at the Queen s Royal College where he played cricket and association football 1 He appeared in two first class matches for Trinidad against Barbados both in February 1941 and both at the Queen s Park Oval in Port of Spain 2 During these two matches Merry scored 135 runs with a batting average of 45 and a high score of 80 3 He also represented North Trinidad in two matches of the Beaumont Cup scoring 114 runs in his second appearance 4 Merry s final cricket match representing the West Indies against Lancashire took place on 7 June 1942 at Longsight 5 He gained 9 runs before being caught by Henry Butterworth and bowled by Winston Place 5 Merry served as a flying officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and was assigned as a flying instructor to the No 36 Service Flying Training School in Canada 6 7 Piloting Airspeed Oxford X6734 during a night training exercise on 4 May 1944 Merry died when the aircraft crashed near Penhold He had held the aircraft steady to allow his pupils to bail out and was consequently killed 8 9 Merry is buried at the Red Deer Cemetery 6 References editCitations edit McCrery 2017 p 449 First Class Matches played by David Merry CricketArchive Retrieved 26 July 2020 First Class Batting and Fielding for Each Team by David Merry CricketArchive Retrieved 26 July 2020 North Trinidad v South Trinidad in 1940 41 CricketArchive Retrieved 26 July 2020 a b Lancashire XI v West Indies XI in 1942 CricketArchive Retrieved 26 July 2020 a b Casualty Details David Merry Commonwealth War Graves Commission Retrieved 26 July 2020 Men of 36 Service Flying Training School Penhold Alberta AviationArchaeology Retrieved 26 July 2020 McCrery 2017 p 450 Caribbean aircrew in the RAF during WW2 Blog Archive MERRY David CaribbeanAircrew Retrieved 26 July 2020 Sources edit McCrery Nigel 2017 The Coming Storm Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two Barnsley Pen amp Sword ISBN 978 1 52670 695 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Merry cricketer amp oldid 1081321090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
