About Samuel McMurray
Lived 1863 – 1937 (aged 73–74). Samuel McMurray was a cricketer.
Samuel McMurray (1863 – 24 August 1937) was a New Zealand cricketer and businessman.
McMurray was born in Bangor, County Down, Ireland, in 1863, and his family migrated to New Zealand shortly afterwards, settling in Christchurch. McMurray was employed as a clerk by William Montgomery and Company, timber merchants, in Christchurch in 1878, and he eventually became the managing director and chairman of directors of the succeeding company, Williams Stephens and Company. He and his wife, who predeceased him, had three daughters. He died at his home in Christchurch in August 1937, aged 74.
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Who was Samuel McMurray?
New Zealand cricketer
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Samuel McMurray was born in 1863 in Ireland.
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Samuel McMurray died in 1937 in Christchurch.
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Samuel McMurray was a cricketer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Samuel McMurray. https://biography.guide/samuel-mcmurray/
MLA: "Samuel McMurray." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/samuel-mcmurray/.
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