Ross Verry | |
Country: | New Zealand |
Fullname: | Ross Alexander Verry |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1964 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off-break |
Role: | Batsman |
Club1: | Wellington |
Year1: | 1986–1993 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 15 |
Runs1: | 590 |
Bat Avg1: | 26.81 |
100S/50S1: | 1/3 |
Top Score1: | 132 |
Deliveries1: | 30 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/ - |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 3 |
Runs2: | 11 |
Bat Avg2: | 5.50 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 10 |
Deliveries2: | - |
Wickets2: | - |
Bowl Avg2: | - |
Fivefor2: | - |
Tenfor2: | - |
Best Bowling2: | - |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/ - |
Date: | 7 January |
Year: | 2009 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18687/18687.html CricketArchive |
Ross Alexander Verry (born 25 October 1964, in Wellington) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.
Verry made his first-class debut against Central Districts in the final game of the 1985/86 season, opening the batting he scored 16 in both innings.[1] The following season Verry played a single one-day match, before a five-year break in his cricket career.[2]
Verry returned to make three appearances in 1991, scoring 156 runs in six innings, including two fifties.[3] Verry was used more regularly in the next season playing six matches for a Wellington team which finished bottom of the league.[4] In eleven innings Verry scored 341 runs including the only century of his first-class career.[3] In the final fixture of the season against Northern Districts he scored 132 off 371 balls.[5] He shared a third wicket partnership of 346 with Graham Burnett, this is a record partnership for Wellington for any wicket.[6]
In the 1992/93 season Verry's form dropped, in five matches he averaged 15.25 with a highest score of 28 not out.[3] This proved to be his final season with the club, his final match was a one-day fixture against Northern Districts on 13 January 1993.
Of Māori descent, Verry affiliates to Te Āti Awa of the Taranaki region.[2]