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Mel Ryan
Melville Ryan (23 June 1933 – 16 November 2015) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield, and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield. Ryan was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 413 wickets in 150 first-class matches at an average of 22.92 runs per wicket. He took five wickets in an innings twelve times with best figures of 7/45. He achieved ten wickets in a match twice with a best return of 10/77. A right-handed tail-end batsman, he scored 682 career runs with a highest score of 26*. He was generally an outfielder and completed 59 catches.
Article summary
Melville Ryan (23 June 1933 – 16 November 2015) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield, and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield. Ryan was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 413 wickets in 150 first-class matches at an average of 22.92 runs per wicket. He took five wickets in an innings twelve times with best figures of 7/45. He achieved ten wickets in a match twice with a best return of 10/77. A right-handed tail-end batsman, he scored 682 career runs with a highest score of 26*. He was generally an outfielder and completed 59 catches.
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- date of death: 2015-11-16 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of death is "2015-11-16". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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