Campbell Munro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Campbell Munro

South African cricketer

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1899

Place of Birth: Alicedale, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1943

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Campbell Munro (22 July 1899 – 5 October 1943) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1922 to 1929.
A right-arm pace bowler and useful batsman, in his first season in 1921-22 Munro led the Eastern Province attack, taking 20 wickets in four Currie Cup matches at an average of 24.15.
He played only one first-class match in 1922-23, when Eastern Province played the touring MCC.
He took 5 for 67, dismissing the top five batsmen, but Eastern Province lost by an innings.In his first match in 1924-25 he made 41 and 53 in the middle order and took 5 for 68 and 3 for 44 against Orange Free State.
His next match was against S.
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Joel's English team when he took 7 for 81 in S.
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Joel's XI’s first innings.
He was later selected for South Africa in the last of the five unofficial Tests.
He took two wickets in South Africa’s victory.He was outstanding for Eastern Province in the Currie Cup in 1926-27, taking 30 wickets at an average of 21.16.
Nobody else in the team took more than nine wickets.He played for Orange Free State in his last two seasons, 1927-28 and 1928-29, with moderate success.