Gavin Royfee | |
Fullname: | Gavin Ernest Royfee |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1929 |
Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Canterbury |
Year1: | 1952-53 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 75 |
Bat Avg1: | 15.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 41 |
Deliveries1: | 0 |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 28 September 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38360.html Cricinfo |
Gavin Ernest Royfee (20 February 1929 – 10 July 2023) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1952–53 season.
An opening batsman, Gavin Royfee scored 41 and 15 on his first-class debut against Auckland, but was unsuccessful in his next two matches.[1] He played for 16 years for Lancaster Park-Woolston in the Christchurch competition, scoring more than 4000 runs.[2]
Royfee attended Cathedral Grammar School in Christchurch, and later returned to the school to work as its bursar.[3] He died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Spreydon in July 2023, aged 94.[4]