| Maurice Ryan | |
| Fullname: | Maurice Lloyd Ryan |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
| Role: | All-rounder, wicket-keeper |
| Year1: | 1965-66 to 1966-67, 1970-71 to 1978-79 |
| Club2: | Central Districts |
| Year2: | 1967-68 to 1969-70 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 66 |
| Runs1: | 3022 |
| Bat Avg1: | 29.05 |
| 100S/50S1: | 3/18 |
| Top Score1: | 129 |
| Deliveries1: | 2250 |
| Wickets1: | 33 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.39 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 87/11 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 16 |
| Runs2: | 276 |
| Bat Avg2: | 21.23 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 76 |
| Deliveries2: | 64 |
| Wickets2: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 12/2 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38259.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 16 November 2018 |
Maurice Lloyd Ryan (7 June 1943 – 12 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Central Districts from 1965 to 1979.
Maurice Ryan was a versatile cricketer: an opening or middle-order batsman and accurate off-spin bowler who later in his career became a wicketkeeper and a successful captain.[1] [2] In January 1971, opening for Canterbury, he made two first-class centuries three days apart: 110 on the first day of the match against Northern Districts on 12 January,[3] then 129 on the first day against Auckland on 15 January.[4] In February 1967 he scored 35 and 58 against the Australian tourists, playing a major part in Canterbury's victory, the first time any team in New Zealand had defeated the Australian team in a first-class match.[5] Ryan represented both North Island and South Island, and played for New Zealand in the Australian one-day competition in 1971-72, but never quite made the New Zealand Test team.[6] He captained Canterbury from 1976-77 to 1978-79. They won the national one-day competition in 1976-77 and 1977-78.
He was chairman of the board of Canterbury Cricket from 1998 to 2000, after which he moved to Sydney.[1]