Bob Merriman

Bob Merriman (born 1935) is a former Australian cricket official.

Merriman played club cricket with Melbourne Cricket Club and Geelong Cricket Club. He was president of the Geelong Cricket Association from 1965 to 1976, the president of Cricket Victoria from 1997 to 2007 and Australia's delegate on the International Cricket Council's executive and ICC development international boards.

He managed the Australian team to India in 1979 and became the Australian Cricket Board's first full-time manager from 1984 to 1986, which included tours to England, India, the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand. During this time he completed reading Kim Hughes' speech of resignation when the latter was unable to finish.[1][2][3]

From 2001 to 2005 he was chairman of Cricket Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Sidharth Monga. "Bob Merriman recalls the saddest day in his cricketing life | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Twenty years since Australian cricket bottomed out - Cricket". Smh.com.au. 1984-11-26. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  3. ↑ "An experiment in cricket administration ends It's stumps for Merriman". The Canberra Times. 60, (18, 442). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 March 1986. p. 4 (SPORT). Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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