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Full name | Gavin Ernest Royfee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 20 February 1929||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 July 2023 Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 94)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1952-53 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2019 |
Gavin Ernest Royfee (20 February 1929 – 10 July 2023) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1952–53 season.
An opening batsman, Gavin Royfee scored 41 and 15 on his first-class debut against Auckland, but was unsuccessful in his next two matches.[1] He played for 16 years for Lancaster Park-Woolston in the Christchurch competition, scoring more than 4000 runs.[2]
Royfee attended Cathedral Grammar School in Christchurch, and later returned to the school to work as its bursar.[3] He died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Spreydon in July 2023, aged 94.[4]