| Christopher Melville | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Christopher Duncan McLean Melville |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa |
| Family: | Alan Melville (uncle) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1956 to 1957 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 758 |
| Bat Avg1: | 39.89 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/3 |
| Top Score1: | 142 |
| Deliveries1: | 658 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 61.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
| Date: | 21 April 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17531.html Cricinfo |
Christopher Duncan McLean Melville (born 4 October 1935) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University in 1956 and 1957.
Melville's uncle was the South African Test captain Alan Melville.[1] Christopher went to school at Michaelhouse before going to Trinity College, Oxford.[2] A middle-order batsman, he was Oxford's most successful batsman in 1957, scoring 715 runs at an average of 37.63,[3] with a highest score of 142, made out of a team total of 262, against Leicestershire.[4]
After he graduated with an honours degree in Jurisprudence, Melville returned to South Africa and joined the Anglo American mining company in Johannesburg.[5]