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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Murray Chapple
| image = File:Murray Chapple of New Zealand.jpg
| caption = Murray Chapple in 1961
| fullname = Murray Ernest Chapple
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|7|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Christchurch]], New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|7|31|1930|7|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hamilton, New Zealand]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1953–1966
| country = New Zealand
| testdebutagainst = South Africa
| testdebutdate = 13 March
| testdebutyear = 1953
| testcap = 61
| lasttestdate = 25 February
| lasttestagainst = England
| lasttestyear = 1966
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Left-arm medium<br />Slow left-arm orthodox
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 14
| runs1 = 497
| bat avg1 = 19.11
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 76
| deliveries1 = 248
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 84.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/24
| catches/stumpings1= 10/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 119
| runs2 = 5,344
| bat avg2 = 28.88
| 100s/50s2 = 4/31
| top score2 = 165
| deliveries2 = 11,064
| wickets2 = 142
| bowl avg2 = 25.06
| fivefor2 = 4
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/24
| catches/stumpings2= 67/–
| date = 1 April
| year = 2017
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/murray-chapple-36602 Cricinfo
}}
'''Murray Ernest Chapple''' (25 July 1930 – 31 July 1985) was a [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] [[cricketer]]. He played 14 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] over 13 years, scoring three fifties with a highest score of 76. He [[Captain (cricket)|captained]] New Zealand in one Test in 1966.

==Playing career==
Chapple was a right-handed middle-order batsman and left-arm medium-pace bowler who bowled left-arm spin later in his career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Murray Chapple |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/murray-chapple-36602 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=RTB/> In a first-class career that began when he was 19 and ended when he was 41, Chapple played for [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] (1949–50, 1952–53 to 1960–61) and [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]] (1950–51 to 1951–52, 1962–63 to 1965–66), toured South Africa with the New Zealand teams in [[New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1953–54|1953–54]] and [[New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62|1961–62]], and captained New Zealand in the First Test against [[English cricket team|England]] in 1965–66.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand vs England, 1st Test at Christchurch, Feb 25 1966 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1965-66-61767/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-62988/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>

Chapple came to national prominence in 1952–53 when, after four [[Plunket Shield]] seasons in which his highest score was 79, he scored 165 and 88 opening the batting for Canterbury against the touring [[South Africa cricket team|South Africans]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20540.html Canterbury v South Africans 1952–53]. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.</ref> He was selected for the Second Test against South Africa, and the tour of South Africa the following season. His best bowling figures were 5 for 24 for Canterbury against Auckland in 1955–56.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21837.html Canterbury v Auckland 1955–56]. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.</ref>

After a leg injury forced him out of the Second Test in 1965–66, he retired.<ref name=RTB>{{cite journal |last1=Brittenden |first1=R. T. |author-link=Dick Brittenden|title=Murray Chapple served cricket in many roles |journal=Press |date=7 August 1985 |page=31 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19850807.2.129.1}}</ref>

==Administrative career==
While managing the New Zealand team that toured [[West Indies]] in 1971–72, Chapple played in the match against [[Windward Islands cricket team|Windward Islands]] when injuries reduced the side to ten fit players, but the match was ruined by rain and he did not bat, bowl or field. His management of the tour was praised by [[Henry Blofeld]] in ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'': "He did a lot to relieve his players of the many different pressures which were upon them and was always a wise counsellor. He must share the credit for the success of the tour."<ref>[[Henry Blofeld]] (1973) "New Zealand in the West Indies, 1971–72", ''Wisden'', p. 881.</ref>

Chapple also managed the New Zealand side that toured [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976–77|India]] and [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1976–77|Pakistan]] in 1976–77. He was appointed to manage the team to [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1986|England in 1986]], but died before the tour began.<ref>''Wisden'' 1986, p. 1209.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=36602}}

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