Maurice Langdon

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Maurice Langdon

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Maurice Charles Langdon

| country = New Zealand

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|10|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wanganui, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|27|1934|10|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Tauranga, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| club1 = Northern Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1957/58–1964/65}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 25

| runs1 = 836

| bat avg1 = 19.90

| 100s/50s1 = 0/5

| top score1 = 77

| deliveries1 = 3,997

| wickets1 = 60

| bowl avg1 = 24.43

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 8/21

| catches/stumpings1= 12/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37630.html Cricinfo

| date = 15 December

| year = 2019

}}

Maurice Charles Langdon (12 October 1934 – 27 March 2022) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 25 first-class matches for Northern Districts from 1957 to 1965.

Langdon was a middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. He held the record for 33 years for best bowling in an innings by a Northern Districts player in first-class cricket. In January 1964 he claimed 8/21 against Auckland.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26568.html |title=Auckland v Northern Districts in 1963/64 |accessdate=16 May 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}} This surpassed Gren Alabaster's mark of 8/30 of less than a year before, and stood until Alex Tait took 9/48 — also against Auckland — in February 1997.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/NewZealand/Firstclass/NorthernDistricts/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html |title=Most Wickets in an Innings for Northern Districts |accessdate=16 May 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}

Langdon died in Tauranga on 27 March 2022, aged 87.{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/maurice-langdon-obituary?pid=201716977 |title=Maurice Langdon obituary |date=1 April 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=8 January 2023}}