Spencer Noel McGregor (18 December 1931 – 21 November 2007) was a Test cricketer who played 25 Test matches for New Zealand between 1954-55 and 1964-65. He was the New Zealand Almanack Player of the Year in 1968.
Noel McGregor was born in Dunedin. A batsman who liked to play his strokes, the highlight of his long Test career was his only century, 111 scored in five and a half hours at number four against Pakistan in a losing cause in Lahore in 1955. It was also his first first-class century.
In his second Test he had been part of the team that was bowled out by England in 1954-55 for just 26, the record lowest Test score; the next season he took a crucial catch against the West Indies when New Zealand won a Test for the first time. He made three fifties in the series against South Africa on New Zealand's 1961-62 tour there, scoring 709 runs in all first-class matches. In the Third Test at Cape Town he opened the batting and made 68 and 20 in New Zealand's first Test victory outside New Zealand.
In 90 first-class matches for Otago between 1947-48 and 1968-69 he scored 4259 runs at an average of 27.65. In all first-class matches he made five centuries, the highest a fine unbeaten 114 to take Otago to a seven-wicket victory over Wellington in 1959-60. He was also an occasional wicketkeeper.
Bert Sutcliffe described McGregor's batting style as "as light on his feet as a dancer, and absolutely full of shots".
He continued in club cricket after his long first-class career, playing up to the age of 58, and was also a leading bowls administrator.
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