| Ron Silver | |
| Fullname: | Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver |
| Birth Date: | 25 February 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 14 |
| Runs1: | 175 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 37 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,911 |
| Wickets1: | 49 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 27.22 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/– |
| Date: | 28 March |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ron-silver-38489 CricInfo |
Ronald Clifford Douglas Silver (25 February 1910 – 22 June 1984) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played 14 first-class cricket matches for Otago cricket team between the 1935–36 and 1945–46 seasons[1] and 16 matches for the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Silver was born at Dunedin in 1910[2] and played cricket for the Albion club and rugby union for the Union club in the city.[3] After his first-class debut, when he opened the bowling for Otago against Canterbury in the last match of the 1935–36 Plunket Shield and took five wickets,[4] Silver was widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most promising pace bowlers.[5] He took 3 for 34 and 5 for 20 in the first match of the 1936–37 Plunket Shield against Wellington, but was less successful in the later matches.[6] He took his best figures in the first match of the Plunket Shield after World War II, 4 for 84 and 6 for 20, with Wellington dismissed for 42 in their second innings.[7] [3]
In his 14 first-class matches Silver took 49 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls.[1] He also played rugby union as a full-back for Otago and Canterbury and played war-time matches for the New Zealand Army whilst serving in Christchurch.[2] [3] [8]
Silver died at Dunedin in 1984 aged 74.[1] An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[2]