Timothy Murrills

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Timothy James Murrills

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ecclesall, Yorkshire, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Minor Counties South

| year1 = 1979

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Dorset

| year2 = 1974–1981

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| club3 = Cambridge University

| year3 = 1973–1976

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 37

| runs1 = 996

| bat avg1 = 15.32

| 100s/50s1 = –/3

| top score1 = 67

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 141

| bat avg2 = 28.20

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 27

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 8 November

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17754.html Cricinfo

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Timothy James Murrills (born 22 December 1953) is a former English cricketer. Murrills was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace and who also kept wicket. He was born at Ecclesall, Yorkshire.

Murrills made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Warwickshire. He made 34 further first-class appearances for Cambridge, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31637/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Timothy Murrill|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}} In his 35 appearances for the university, he scored 900 runs at an average of 14.75, with a high score of 67.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31637/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Timothy Murrills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}} This score, which was one of three fifties he made, came against Surrey in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36206.html|title=Cambridge University v Surrey, 1976|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}} He also appeared twice in first-class cricket for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team, in 1974 against the touring Indians and in 1976 against the touring West Indians. His debut in List A cricket came for Cambridge University in the 1974 Benson and Hedges Cup against Kent, with him making three appearances in that season's competition. In the 1976 Benson and Hedges Cup he made four appearances for the Combined Universities.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31637/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Timothy Murrills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}}

Murrills first appeared for Dorset in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. He played Minor counties cricket for Dorset from 1974 to 1981, making 25 Minor Counties Championship appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31637/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Timothy Murrills|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}} In 1979, he made a single List A appearance for Minor Counties South against Gloucestershire in the Benson and Hedges Cup. scoring 27 runs before being dismissed by Mike Procter, with Gloucestershire winning by 8 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39011.html|title=Gloucestershire v Minor Counties South, 1979 Benson and Hedges Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 November 2011}}