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Place of Birth: Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
About Ronald Coventry
- Ronald Wilfred Coventry (born 29 May 1928) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Rhodesia from 1953 to 1958. Coventry was an all-rounder, who batted at various positions in the order and often opened the bowling.
- He wore spectacles while playing.
- He made his first-class debut against the touring New Zealanders in 1953-54.
- In the second innings he made a quick 63, including 24 off one over from John Reid, playing shots that Reid thought resembled tennis, rather than cricket, shots.
- "I didn't know where to bowl," Reid admitted.Coventry's best season was 1955-56, when he scored 213 runs for Rhodesia at an average of 30.42, including his highest score of 94 against Orange Free State, and took 16 wickets at 20.31.
- Rhodesia won the Currie Cup B Section title, winning all six of their matches. According to CricketArchive he is still alive as of November 2019, but according to Cricinfo, he is "presumed dead".
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