Verney Cameron
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Verney Cameron
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| birth_date = 1842
| birth_place = Sorrento, Colony of New South Wales
| death_date = 27 May {{death year and age|1881|1842}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Australia
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| club1 = Victoria
| year1 = 1863
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| date = 3 May
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4711.html Cricinfo
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Verney Lovett Cameron (1842 – 27 May 1881) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria in 1863.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4711.html |title=Verney Cameron |accessdate=3 May 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
Cameron was the only non-family member to attend the private funeral of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills, and attempted, without success, to raise funds to erect a headstone over his gravesite.
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Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Melbourne
Category:Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers
Category:People from Sorrento, Victoria
Category:Melbourne Football Club (pre-VFA) players
Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:People from the Colony of Victoria
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