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<div>{{short description|England international rugby union player & cricketer}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Maurice McCanlis<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| fullname = Maurice Alfred McCanlis<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|6|17|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Quetta]], [[Baluchistan Agency|Baluchistan]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|9|27|1906|6|17|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pershore]], [[Worcestershire]], [[England]]<br />
| batting = Right-handed [[batsman]]<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace<br />
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]<br />
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]<br />
| year1 = 1925-1928<br />
| club2 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]<br />
| year2 = 1926-1927<br />
| club3 = [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]<br />
| year3 = 1929<br />
| club4 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajputana]]<br />
| year4 = 1938-1940<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[first-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 30<br />
| runs1 = 493<br />
| bat avg1 = 15.40<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 40*<br />
| deliveries1 = 5367<br />
| wickets1 = 82<br />
| bowl avg1 = 32.21<br />
| fivefor1 = 4<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5-42<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/0<br />
| date = 10 February<br />
| year = 1940<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14058/14058.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maurice Alfred McCanlis''' (17 June 1906 – 27 September 1991) was an English sportsman who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] and represented England at [[rugby union]].<br />
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Educated at [[Cranleigh School]] and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], McCanlis bowled right-arm medium pace and was noted for his out swinging deliveries to right-handers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/17200.html|title=Maurice McCanlis| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref> Most of his first-class matches were with Oxford University and he captained them in the 1928 [[University Match (cricket)|University Match]]. He also played two matches for [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] and one for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] during his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14058/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Maurice McCanlis | publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
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He was capped twice for the [[England national rugby union team]] in the [[1931 Five Nations Championship]], appearing in their games against Ireland and Wales. He played mainly as a three-quarter and also represented Gloucester and Oxford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/3839.html|title=Maurice McCanlis| publisher=Scrum.com}}</ref><br />
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In 1938 and 1940 he made a return to cricket with a couple of [[Ranji Trophy]] appearances for [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajputana]] while he was in India on a teaching job. From 1932 to 1966, McCanlis was a teacher at [[Cheltenham College]].<br />
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[[Category:Gloucestershire cricketers]]<br />
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[[Category:Rajasthan cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Surrey cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:English rugby union players]]<br />
[[Category:England international rugby union players]]<br />
[[Category:People from Pershore]]<br />
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