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Gavin Royfee, 94, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury).
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|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. He played for 16 years for Lancaster Park-Woolston in the Christchurch competition, scoring more than 4000 runs.
Royfee attended Cathedral Grammar School in Christchurch, and later returned to the school to work as its bursar. He died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Spreydon in July 2023, aged 94.
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