county matches, but not penetrative enough to take many wickets. He finished second in the bowling averages on the tour as a whole, with 31 wickets, but his batting also disappointed, with an average of just 16, and he was one of only two players – the other was the reserve wicketkeeper, Christopher Duckworth – who did not play in any of the Test matches. He was not helped by an injury to his thumb which kept him out of first-class matches for most of July: on his return to the side, he hit exactly 100, opening the innings against the Minor Counties cricket team, but the match was not first-class. His b est score in a first-class match was 51 against Gloucestershire, when he also opened the innings. At other times on the tour, however, he batted as low as No 10. Back in South Africa in the 1955–56 season, Murray made just three further appearances for Eastern Province in the Currie Cup, making 241 runs at an average of 40 and taking nine wickets. He retired from first-class cricket at the end of the season. Outside cricket Murray was a schoolmaster by professional. In 1963, he was the founding headmaster of St. Alban's College, a progressive boarding school in Pretoria, and he remained as head there until retirement in 1982. References 1922 births 1995 deaths People from Makhanda, Eastern Cape South Africa Test cricketers Eastern Province cricketers South African Universities cricketers South African schoolteachers Cricketers from the Eastern Cape