Merv Mueller

Mervyn Edward Christopher Edgar Mueller (3 Oktoba 1914 - 22 Yuli 1984) ɗan wasan kurket ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasanni biyu na farko a Kudancin Ostiraliya a lokacin kakar wasa ta 1937-38.

An haifi Mueller a yankin Adelaide, kuma ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Adelaide.[1] Ya yi aiki a kasar na tsawon shekaru biyu bayan kammala karatunsa, kuma bayan ya dawo Adelaide a 1934 ya fara wasa ga Prospect a gasar wasan kurket ta gida, a matsayin mai buga kwallo.[2] A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1937, an zabi Mueller don yin wasan farko na jihar, yana wasa da Yammacin Australia a Adelaide Oval.[3] Wasan yana da matsayi na farko, amma ba ya cikin Sheffield Shield, saboda ba a shigar da Yammacin Australia a wannan gasa ba. A karo na farko, Mueller ya buɗe tare da abokin aikinsa na Prospect, mai tsaron gidan caca Charlie Walker, kuma ya yi 56 a cikin innings na farko. Wannan ya inganta ne kawai ta hanyar karni da Don Bradman ya zira kwallaye, kyaftin din Kudancin Australia da na kasar Australia.[4]

Wasan Mueller na biyu kuma na karshe na farko shi ne Sheffield Shield da Victoria zuwa ƙarshen kakar, a watan Fabrairun 1938. Ya zira kwallaye guda daya ne kawai a jiki innings na farko, a gaban wicket zuwa Test bowler Morris Sievers, amma a cikin inning na biyu ya zira kwallayen 37 daga cikin 95-run bude tare da sabon abokin aikinsa, Richard Whitington .  Duk da wannan wasan kwaikwayon da farkon rabin karni, an cire Mueller daga tawagar jihar don wasan buɗewa na kakar 1938-39, da New South Wales. Bai sake taka leda a matakin jiha ba, amma ya yi aiki a matsayin kocin Prospect na wani lokaci, tun daga kakar 1953-54. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Mueller ya yi aiki tare da Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Ya kai matsayin corporal a ƙarshen yaƙin, a wannan lokacin an ajiye shi a No. 1 Aircraft Depot a Victoria.  Mueller ya mutu a Adelaide a watan Yulin 1984, yana da shekaru 69. Ɗansa shi ne Lieutenant Janar Desmond Mueller AO, tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Sojojin Tsaro na Australiya.

 Manazarta 
History – Adelaide High School. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1984
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1914