| Paul Melville | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Paul Melville |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1956 |
| Birth Place: | South Shields, Durham, England |
| Death Place: | Vermont South, Victoria, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1976/77 - 1978/79 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 511 |
| Bat Avg1: | 26.89 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /4 |
| Top Score1: | 86 |
| Deliveries1: | 8 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 2 |
| Runs2: | 46 |
| Bat Avg2: | 23.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | - / - |
| Top Score2: | 34 |
| Deliveries2: | 40 |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 11 August |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6698.html Cricinfo |
Paul Melville (27 December 1956 – 21 November 1978) was an Australian cricketer. Melville was a right-handed batsman who played for the Victoria state cricket team. He died of brain hemorrhage in 1978.[1]
Melville made his first-class debut for Victoria against South Australia in the 1976/77 Sheffield Shield. He made 10 further first-class appearances for Victoria, the last coming against the touring England XI in the 1978/79 summer.[2] A hard-hitting batsman, Melville scored 511 runs at an average of 26.89. He made four half centuries, with a high score of 86,[3] against Western Australia.[4]
In 1978, Melville played for Rishton Cricket Club in the Lancashire League, scoring over 1000 runs, the second most runs in the league, only behind future Australian captain Allan Border.[5] At the start of the 1978/79 season, he played twice for Victoria, before being dropped from the side. On 20 November 1978 he complained of a headache, and died from a brain haemorrhage the next day.[6]