Background
Murray was born Eric Claude Moses in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Murray was born Eric Claude Moses in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
He was educated in England at Repton School and played three games for Derbyshire in August 1911.
His debut was against Warwickshire. He made few runs and took no wickets. Murray returned to South Africa and played for Transvaal from the 1912-1913 season.
After 1913-1914, his career was interrupted by the First World War.
Resuming in 1918-1920 he played three more seasons. Murray was a right-hand batsman who played 18 innings in 11 first class matches with a top score of 31 and an average of 7.35.
He was a right-arm off-break bowler and took 17 first class wickets at an average of 17.11 and a best performance of 4 for 32. Murray died at Durban, Natal, South Africa at the age of 77.
He won four consecutive World Rowing Championship gold medals and set two world best times. Murray then went on to become a member of the triple World Champion coxless pair with fellow coxless four member Hamish Bond. They won gold at the 2009 World Rowing Championships, then went on to retain their title at the 2010 World Rowing Championships. Murray's achievements in both the coxless four and the coxless pair have seen him win two Halberg sports awards team of the year, firstly in 2007 with the four, and then in 2009 with Bond. On 17 January 2012 Murray raced five-time men's single scull world champion Mahé Drysdale in the single scull event at the North Island Club Championships and won by less than half a second. In the Olympic final Murray and Bond surged into the lead after the 500 meter mark to win the gold medal in 6:16.65 by open water. Murray was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for his services to rowing.
