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was establishing its ground, they appointed him to be the inaugural groundsman. He took over from the surveyors and prepared the ground to be ready for use in the 1885–86 season. He played for
Richmond while he was developing the ground, then transferred to
495:, and made 14 runs (4 as an opener in the first innings, 10 not out in the second batting at number ten) as Australia lost by ten wickets. Five of the Australians who were making their Test debuts, including Morris, never played Test cricket again.
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491:. The selectors had been forced to choose an entirely new team after the eleven who played in the first Test refused to play over a payment dispute. Morris took two wickets in the match, including English captain
506:. He accepted, and began playing for South Melbourne, his fourth club in four seasons. He remained at South Melbourne until his sight deteriorated in the 1900s, forcing him to give up his work in 1907.
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September 1891 he married a widow, Jane McCracken. Their son William was born in late 1892. Jane died aged 45 in January 1905.
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Victoria has lost one of the most likeable characters that ever played the game in this State." His son William had several children, and there are many descendants.
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Daylesford contributed to the making of a large silver trophy for the district championship. Instituted for the 1922–23 season, it was called the Sam Morris Cup.
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In 1886-87 Morris took his best first-class bowling figures in the match against South
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in the late 1850s. Isaac Morris played cricket in the
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in 1885. He was the first black man to play Test cricket, as well as the first person of West Indian heritage and the first
Tasmanian-born player to play Tests. He and
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wife, Jean
Eukermunder, as well as by several old cricketing friends, for the rest of his life. He still regularly attended cricket matches in Melbourne, and when the
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584:List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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820:"Victoria v Western Australia 1892-93"
110:All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper
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1130:19th-century Australian sportspeople
777:"Victoria v South Australia 1886-87"
700:"South Australia v Victoria 1883-84"
675:"South Australia v Victoria 1881-82"
102:Right-arm medium, right-arm leg-spin
1125:People from the Colony of Victoria
525:, on presenting the proceeds of a
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870:""SAM" MORRIS TESTIMONIAL"
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115:International information
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529:in Morris' honour in 1909
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489:Melbourne Cricket Ground
136:Only Test (cap
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469:University of Melbourne
448:in March 1882, against
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1011:"Death of Sam Morris"
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546:Morris in later life
307:5 wickets in innings
38:Personal information
16:Australian cricketer
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