John Morris (New Zealand cricketer)

Morris was born in London in January 1933, the son of an orthopaedic surgeon, and his family moved to New Zealand when he was a boy. He was educated at King's College, Auckland, and the University of Otago, where he graduated in medicine in 1956.[1] He furthered his orthopaedic training in the UK and the US before returning to New Zealand and taking up the position of orthopaedic surgeon at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland.[1] He and his Middlemore Hospital colleague Ross Nicholson pioneered hip replacement surgery in New Zealand.[2] He died of illness in January 1970, survived by his wife and their three children.[1]

Morris played 23 first-class cricket matches for Auckland between 1951 and 1957.[3] A right-handed middle-order batsman, described as "an exciting stylist",[4] he scored 45 and 103 in Auckland's victory over Wellington in the 1953–54 Plunket Shield.[5] His other first-class century was 101 not out in Auckland's victory over Central Districts in the 1952–53 Plunket Shield.[6] He was Auckland's leading scorer in the 1954–55 Plunket Shield, with 280 runs at an average of 35.00.[7] He played for North Island in a trial match before the Test series against England in 1954–55 and scored 34, but was not selected for the Test team.[8]

• List of Auckland representative cricketers

• John Morris at ESPNcricinfo