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Merv Wallace (Walter Mervyn Wallace) was born on 19 December, 1916 in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, is a New Zealand cricketer. Discover Merv Wallace's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Walter Mervyn Wallace
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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 19 December, 1916
Birthday 19 December
Birthplace Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death 2008
Died Place Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1916

Walter Mervyn Wallace (19 December 1916 – 21 March 2008) was a New Zealand cricketer and former Test match captain.

Former New Zealand captain John Reid called him "the most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern."

He was nicknamed "Flip" by his teammates, because that was the strongest expletive they ever heard him say.

Wallace was born in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

He left school aged 13, and was coached at Eden Park by Ted Bowley and Jim Parks.

He played cricket with his brother, George Wallace, with the Point Chevalier Cricket Club, and then the Auckland under-20 side.

1933

He made his first-class debut for Auckland in the Plunket Shield in December 1933.

1937

Wallace toured England in 1937 as part of a New Zealand team weakened by a policy of refusing to select professional cricketers.

He scored two half-centuries (52 and 56) on his Test debut, at Lord's.

He headed the tour batting averages, scoring 1,641 runs at an average of 41.02.

1940

He scored 211, his highest first-class score, against Canterbury in January 1940, making his runs in 292 minutes.

He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, but was invalided out due to stomach muscle problems caused by an appendix operation.

1946

The peak years of his cricketing career were lost to the Second World War, and he did not play Test cricket again until March 1946.

He played in New Zealand's first Test against Australia, in Wellington in March 1946, which Australia won by an innings within two days.

1947

He also played against the English tourists in 1947.

Wallace ran a sports shop in Auckland with tennis player Bill Webb from 1947 to 1982.

The Wallace & Webb Ltd shop included a tea room, so the many sportsmen who dropped in could stay for advice or a chat and could bring their wives or children.

It became a popular meeting place for sporting people.

1948

Merv Wallace married Yvonne ("Vonnie") Page in Auckland on 10 March 1948 – a Wednesday, so that their friends, most of whom were cricketers and busy on Saturdays, could attend.

His brother, George Wallace, and son, Gregory Wallace, both played first-class cricket for Auckland.

His daughter, Adele, married rugby union player Grant Fox; one of their children is the golfer Ryan Fox.

1949

He joined the four-Test tour to England in 1949 as vice-captain to Walter Hadlee.

He scored 1,722 first-class runs at an average of 49.20, including centuries against Yorkshire, Worcester, Leicester, Cambridge University and Glamorgan.

He scored 910 runs before the end of May, narrowly failing to join Donald Bradman (twice) and Glenn Turner as the only touring batsmen to pass 1,000 runs before the end of May.

He was less successful in the Tests.

During the 1949 tour of England he acted as unofficial team coach.

1951

He made his Test best score of 66 against England at Christchurch in 1951, and played his last two Tests as captain against the touring South Africans in 1953.

Short but quick, he was able to score all round the wicket, with a particularly notable cover drive.

His Test batting average of 20.90 was widely considered to fail to reflect his batting abilities.

Wallace began coaching in his early twenties, when he was employed by the Auckland sporting gods store Wisemans to coach in schools.

He continued to coach at school and club level for most of his life.

1956

Wallace was the official coach of New Zealand's first victorious Test team, against the West Indies at Eden Park in 1956.

He was retained for the series against the Australian team in 1956-57.

Afterwards, however, his coaching prowess was overlooked by the New Zealand administrators.

1958

John Reid, the captain of the unsuccessful touring team to England in 1958, said it was a mistake not to include Wallace as player-coach in the team: "Our 1958 team was desperately short of experience and technical expertise. In those circumstances, Merv would have been a priceless asset."

2000

A biography, Merv Wallace: A Cricket Master by Joseph Romanos, was published in 2000.

Wallace suffered from diabetes in later life, becoming blind and losing several toes.

2004

In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Wallace was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket.

2005

He was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal in 2005.

The Old Members Stand at the Eden Park Outer Oval was renamed the Merv Wallace Stand in his honour.