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Kenneth John Wadsworth (1946-1976) Test Cap #121
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Born November 30, 1946, Nelson, Nelson
Died August 19, 1976, Nelson, Nelson (aged 29 years 263 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
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Kenneth John Wadsworth, died in Nelson, New Zealand, on August 19, aged 29. He had been New Zealand's regular keeper since 1969, playing in thirty-three Tests, the last of them against India at Wellington in February 1976: in these he dismissed 95 batsmen and made over a thousand runs. He toured England in 1969 and 1973. As a keeper, he was always brilliant and as time went on became more consistent: perhaps even when he died he had not reached his best. He was primarily an aggressive bat, whose impetuosity often cost him his wicket, but he could defend doggedly enough when the situation demanded. His highest Test innings was 80 against Australia at Melbourne in 1974: in the same season he made a century against them in the one-day Test at Christchurch.
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Test debut England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jul 24-28, 1969
Last Test New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 13-17, 1976
ODI debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973
Last ODI New Zealand v India at Auckland, Feb 22, 1976
First-class span 1968-1976
Hedley John Howarth (1943-2008) Test Cap #120
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Born December 25, 1943, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Died November 7, 2008, Auckland (aged 64 years 318 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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Keith Thomson (1941-2023) Test Cap # 115
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Born:February 26, 1941, Methven, Canterbury
Died:January 26, 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand, (aged 81y 334d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Canterbury
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling Style:Right arm Bowler
Relations:WA Thomson (brother)
Other:Umpire
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Keith Thomson was a New Zealand sportsman who represented his country at both cricket and hockey. He played two cricket Tests in 1968, and 28 hockey Tests between 1961 and 1971, and was later an umpire in both sports.A middle-order batsman, Thomson was stoutly built and batted with a crouching stance, but hit the ball hard. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1959–60 to 1973–74. In the Plunket Shield in 1966–67 he hit two centuries and was selected for all four matches for New Zealand against the touring Australian XI.
Thomson made his Test debut against India in the 1967–68 season at Christchurch where he scored 69 (adding 119 for the fifth wicket with Graham Dowling) and 0 not out in what was New Zealand's fourth victory in Tests. His second, and final, Test came a week later at Wellington where he scored 25 and 0.His highest score in first-class cricket was 136 not out for Canterbury against Northern Districts in 1968–69. He was a fine fieldsman, a good catcher close to the wicket.Thomson later became an umpire, standing in 13 first-class matches and 11 List A matches between 1983–84 and 1986–87.
Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray (1940-2023)Test Cap # 114
Full name:Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray 114
Born:September 18, 1940, Johnsonville, Wellington
Died:January 10, 2023 (aged 82y 114d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Wellington
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling Style:Legbreak
Relations:AC Kerr(granddaughter),JF Murray(daughter)
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Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray was a Test cricketer for New Zealand who played 13 Tests as a right-handed opening batsman between 1968 and 1971. He was a school principal in the Wellington area from 1981 to 2002, and the author of several geography textbooks. After retiring from teaching he was a cricket administrator in Wellington and a historian. Born in Johnsonville, a northern suburb of Wellington, Bruce Murray attended Hutt Valley High School, then went to Victoria University of Wellington studying geography. He completed a Master of Arts degree in geography at the University of Canterbury. His masters thesis was on the geography of Tawa.
A stroke-playing opening batsman and specialist slips fieldsman, Murray played his first first-class match at the age of 18 for Wellington against Central Districts at Wellington in 1958–59, scoring 49 in the first innings. He scored his first first-class century in 1961–62, 133 against Central Districts in a match that Wellington won by an innings.His highest first-class innings came in 1968-69 when he scored 213 out of a total of 392 for 5 declared for Wellington against Otago in Dunedin. He was the leading scorer in the Plunket Shield in 1969–70, and had the highest average: in four matches he made 430 runs at an average of 61.42, with five fifties.
Murray faced the first ball in the first List A match in New Zealand, bowled by Ken Shuttleworth. It was a match of 40 eight-ball overs a side, between Wellington and the touring MCC at the Basin Reserve in February 1971. Shuttleworth dismissed him for 6, but Murray later took three catches, and Wellington won.
Test Debut:New Zealand vs India at Dunedin - February 15 - 20, 1968
last test:New Zealand vs England at Christchurch - February 25 - March 01, 1971
Span:1970/71 - 1970/71
Narotam Puna (1929-1996) Test Cap # 111
Born October 28, 1929, Surat, Gujarat, India
Died June 7, 1996, Hamilton, Waikato (aged 66 years 223 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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Narotam "Tom" Puna (born 28 October 1929, Surat, India, died 7 June 1996, Hamilton, Waikato) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1966.Playing as an off-spinner for Northern Districts, he had taken 34 wickets at 13.70 in the Plunket Shield in the 1965-66 season,and was selected as New Zealand's principal spinner in all three Tests against the visiting England team, but achieved little.He was a fixture in the Northern Districts side from 1956-57 to 1968-69, beginning as a middle-order batsman but descending the order as his bowling developed. His best innings figures were 6 for 25 against Otago in Hamilton in 1966-67 (match figures of 59-29-66-9).His family migrated from India to New Zealand when he was eight.His sons Ashok and Kirtialso played for Northern Districts.
Test debut New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 25-Mar 1, 1966
Last Test New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 11-15, 196
First-class span 1956-1969
Bruce Richard Taylor (1943-2021) Test Cap # 108
Full name:Bruce Richard Taylor 108
Born:July 12, 1943, Timaru, Canterbury
Died:February 06, 2021 (aged 77y 209d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Canterbury,Wellington
Batting style:Left hand Bat
Bowling Style:Right arm Bowler
Playing Role:Allrounder
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Bruce Richard Taylor was a New Zealand cricketer who played 30 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1965 and 1973. He is the only cricketer to score a century and take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match.Taylor scored 105 and took 5–86 for New Zealand on Test debut against India at Calcutta in 1964–65, becoming the first man to have completed this all-round feat on debut. Taylor, who had never scored a first-class century before, and had played only three first-class matches, came in at No. 8 and slammed 105 in 158 minutes with 14 fours and three sixes and helped Bert Sutcliffe (151 not out) add 163 for the seventh wicket
Bruce Richard Taylor was a New Zealand cricketer who played 30 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1965 and 1973. He is the only cricketer to score a century and take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match.Taylor scored 105 and took 5–86 for New Zealand on Test debut against India at Calcutta in 1964–65, becoming the first man to have completed this all-round feat on debut. Taylor, who had never scored a first-class century before, and had played only three first-class matches, came in at No. 8 and slammed 105 in 158 minutes with 14 fours and three sixes and helped Bert Sutcliffe (151 not out) add 163 for the seventh wicket
Bevan Ernest Congdon (1938-2018) Test Cap # 103
Born February 11, 1938, Motueka, Tasman
Died February 10, 2018, Auckland (aged 79 years 364 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Central Districts, Otago, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Bev Congdon was one of the finest allround cricketers ever produced by New Zealand, and was a model professional both on and off the field. Congdon was a technically correct batsman with tremendous powers of concentration - as evidenced by his back-to-back big hundreds against England in 1973 - but was also able to play in a cavalier manner when the occasion demanded. He supplemented this with sound fielding and medium-pace in and outswingers. He led New Zealand with distinction to their first Test win over Australia (after putting Australia in), and but for dropped catches would probably have recorded a momentus win over England at Lord's in 1973. Unlike many, he thrived on the captaincy and his batting seemed the better for the responsibility. Under his tenure New Zealand emerged from Test cricket's perennial losers into a side to be respected.
Test debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 22-26, 1965
Last Test England v New Zealand at Lord's, Aug 24-28, 1978
First-class span 1960/61 - 1977/78
Robert Smith Cunis (1941-2008) Test Cap # 101
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Born January 5, 1941, Whangarei, Northland
Died August 9, 2008, Whangarei, Northland (aged 67 years 217 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
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Wynne Pennell Bradburn (1938-2008) Test Cap # 100
Born November 24, 1938, Thames, Waikato
Died September 25, 2008, Hamilton (aged 69 years 306 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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Wynne Bradburn started his career with Northern Districts as a middle-order batsman but his success came after he switched to opening. His call-up against South Africa in 1963-64 came as something of a surprise, given his form that season had not been outstanding and he had yet to score his maiden first-class hundred. He made 32 in his first Test and 2 and 14 in the second. By the time the side came to be chosen for the 1965 England tour he was out of the reckoning. The following summer he had his only hundred, 107 against Auckland. His son, Grant, also played Test cricket for New Zealand, one of only seven father-and-son pairings to do so.
Test debut New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Feb 28-Mar 3, 1964
Last Test New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Mar 13-17, 1964
First-class span 1957-1969
John Thomas Ward (1937-2021)Test Cap # 99
Full name:John Thomas Ward
Born:March 11, 1937, Timaru, Canterbury
Died:January 12, 2021, Timaru, South Canterbury, (aged 83y 307d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Canterbury,
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Fielding Position:Right arm Bowler
Relations:BJ Ward(son),JW Burtt(cousin),NV Burtt(uncle)
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John Thomas Ward was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper in eight Test matches between 1964 and 1968. Ward's Test captain John Reid said that he was "easily the best wicketkeeper in New Zealand in his time, but was plagued by injury." Ward made his first-class debut for South Island against North Island in a trial match for the 1958 tour of England. He took five catches in the first innings, and was selected as Eric Petrie's deputy on the tour. He made his Plunket Shield debut for Canterbury in 1959–60, and was selected to tour South Africa in 1961-62, where he served as deputy to Artie Dick.
He finally made his Test debut in 1963–64 in the First Test against the South African touring team, but then lost his place to Dick, who was a superior batsman. He replaced Dick for the Third Test against Pakistan in New Zealand in 1964–65, and went on the tour of India and Pakistan in 1965 as the sole wicket-keeper. He made his highest Test score of 35 not out in the First Test against India, when he and Richard Collinge put on 61 for the last wicket, but injury forced him out after the Indian leg of the tour, and Dick again replaced him. Later that year, in England, Ward returned to the side, replacing Dick for the Third Test. His last Test was the Fourth Test against India in 1967-68.Ward continued to play for Canterbury until the end of the 1970–71 season. He scored his only first-class fifty against Wellington in 1969-70 when, batting at number five, he made 54 not out. He represented South Canterbury in the Hawke Cup from 1960 to 1976.
His son Barry kept wicket for Canterbury in the 1986–87 season. Ward died in Timaru on 12 January 2021 after a short illness, aged 83.
Test Debut:New Zealand vs South Africa at Wellington - February 21 - 25, 1964
last test:New Zealand vs India at Auckland - March 07 - 12, 1968
Span:1957/58 - 1970/71
Sidney Graham Gedye (1929-2014) Test Cap # 98
Born May 2, 1929, Otahuhu, Auckland
Died 10 August 2014 (aged 85 years 100 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Relation Father - AE Gedye
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Graham Gedye was an opening batsman with an undistinguished record who found his form in 1963-64, scoring his maiden hundred - and another in the second innings for good measure - for Auckland against Central Districts that summer. It won him selection for the three-Test series at home to South Africa where he made 166 runs at 27.66, including two fifties. He played the last of his four Tests against Pakistan in 1964-65, retiring at the end of that season.
Michael John Froud Shrimpton (1940-2015) Test Cap # 97
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Born June 23, 1940, Feilding, Manawatu
Died June 13, 2015, Hastings (aged 74 years 355 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
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Michael John Froud Shrimpton was a New Zealand cricketer and coach.A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Tests from 1963 to 1974, but was never able to establish himself in the side. He played for Central Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket from 1961–62 to 1979–80, except for 1974–75, when he played for Northern Districts.Shrimpton's first first-class century came in the last match of his debut season in 1961–62, when he scored 119, helping to save the game after Central Districts had trailed Canterbury by 230 runs on the first innings. In his next game, in the 1962–63 season, also against Canterbury, he hit 150, which remained his highest first-class score. He was selected for the Second and Third Tests against England later that season, making 31, 10, 21 and 8. David Sheppard thought him "a most promising player, full of fight and determination".Although he failed to reach 50 in the 1963–64 season he played one of the Tests against South Africa, making a pair. He returned to form in 1964–65, scoring 367 runs at 45.87 with three 50s, but was not selected for the Tests against Pakistan or the tour of India, Pakistan and England that followed.
Bruce Donald Morrison (1933-2025) Test Cap # 96
Bruce Donald Morrison (1933-2025) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test match in 1963. He bowled right-arm medium pace and was a left-handed tail-end batsman.[1]
Barry Whitley Sinclair (1936-2022)Test Cap # 94
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Born:October 23, 1936, Wellington
Died:July 10, 2022 (aged 85y 260d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Wellington,
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Bowler
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Barry Whitley Sinclair was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 21 Test matches for New Zealand national team as a specialist batsman from 1962–63 to 1967–68, and captained the team from 1966 to 1968.Sinclair was born in Wellington on 23 October 1936.He attended Rongotai College in his hometown. He was first selected to play for Wellington when he was eighteen.
Sinclair played for Wellington from 1955–56 to 1970–71. His first century came against Northern Districts in 1963–64, when he made 102 not out, out of a team total of 138 for 5, to take Wellington to a five-wicket victory almost single-handedly. His highest first-class score was 148, captaining Wellington against the Australians in 1966–67, out of a total of 365 for 7 on the first day. Sinclair scored three of his six first-class centuries in Tests, though never played in a winning Test side. He captained New Zealand in three Tests (the Second and Third Tests against England in 1965–66, and the First Test against India in 1967–68) and also in the four-match series against the visiting Australian team in 1966–67 and on the brief tour to Australia in 1967–68. He retired from international cricket in 1968 to concentrate on work.
Sinclair's highest Test score was 138 against South Africa in Auckland in 1963–64, made in 345 minutes out of a team total of only 263. It was the only century by either side in the three-Test series; at the time, it was the highest Test score ever attained by a New Zealander in New Zealand. He took two Test wickets in ten overs, both against Pakistan in Lahore in 1964–65, after scoring 130 in the first innings. Sinclair's short stature was sometimes exploited by pace bowlers. However, he learned how to handle short-pitched deliveries. He was a neat, tidy batsman notable for his cutting and on-drives.] Christopher Martin-Jenkins described him thus: "Fair-haired and one of the smallest cricketers ever to appear [for] New Zealand, Barry Sinclair was a sound and often fluent right-handed batsman with an indomitable spirit and an excellent field at cover."
Sinclair was made the inaugural patron of the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association in 2010.Five years later, he was voted a Legend of Wellington Sport. In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sinclair was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to cricket.Sinclair died on 10 July 2022 aged 85.
Test Debut:New Zealand vs England at Auckland - February 23 - 27, 1963
last test:New Zealand vs India at Auckland - March 07 - 12, 1968
Span:1955/56 - 1970/71
Richard Charles Motz (1940-2007) Test Cap # 92
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Born January 12, 1940, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died April 29, 2007, Christchurch (aged 67 years 107 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Dick Motz was a robust, indefatigable seamer who bowled outswingers, but one who wasn't used to success - New Zealand won only four of his 32 Tests. On his first tour - to South Africa in 1961-62 - he took 19 wickets in his country's most successful Test series, and though he had lost some of his edge by 1969, he became the first New Zealander to reach 100 Test wickets, against England at The Oval. Good job he did, as at the end of the summer it was discovered that he'd been bowling for 18 months with a displaced vertebra. He retired immediately. As a beefy lower-order slogger Motz was a dangerous customer, and made three fifties, all against England, all laden with sixes. He subsequently became a publican, which did no good for his health, and, always prone to be heavy, he piled on weight and towards the end of his life he topped 30 stones. . In 1997 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 8-12, 1961
Last Test England v New Zealand at The Oval, Aug 21-26, 1969
First-class span 1957-1969
Francis James Cameron(1932-2023)Test Cap # 90
Full name:Francis James Cameron
Born:June 01, 1932, Dunedin, Otago
Died:January 02, 2023, Christchurch, (aged 90y 215d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Otago,
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Medium
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Francis James Cameron was a New Zealand cricketer who played 19 Tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler.Cameron took three five-wicket-hauls in an innings during his Test career for New Zealand, two of them during his first tour against South Africa in 1961–62, where New Zealand drew 2–2 in the five–Test series. During that series, he was dismissed once in nine innings, and finished with a batting average of 17. In 30 Test innings, he ended up not out in two thirds of them, which might have contributed to his career batting average of 11.6 – he only made it into double figures three times with the bat.
Kenneth William Hough (1928-2009) Test Cap # 87
Full name Kenneth William Hough
Born October 24, 1928, Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died September 20, 2009, Gladstone, Queensland (aged 80 years 331 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, New South Wales Colts, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Born October 24, 1928, Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died September 20, 2009, Gladstone, Queensland (aged 80 years 331 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, New South Wales Colts, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
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Kenneth William Hough (24 October 1928 – 20 September 2009) was a cricketer and association football player who represented both New Zealand and Australia in football. He also represented New Zealand in Test cricket.Hough was born in Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. He died, aged 80, in Gladstone, Queensland.
William Rodger Playle (1938-2019) Test Cap # 83
Born December 1, 1938, Palmerston North, Manawatu
Died February 27, 2019, Sawtell, New South Wales (aged 80 years 88 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Western Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Uncle - CG Crawford, Nephew - DJ Playle
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Bill Playle was a stylish batsman who was a surprise choice for the 1958 New Zealand side to tour England, a squad which has gone down as one of the weakest of all time. Playle struggled during an abnormally wet summer, and in 23 matches managed just 414 runs. In the Headingley Test he batted for 194 minutes in scoring 18. In his only other series, against England in 1962-63, he made 65 at Wellington, his only fifty in eight Tests. He started with Auckland, but later moved to Western Australia. His highest score, 122, came for WA in 1965-66.
Test debut England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jun 5-9, 1958
Last Test New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Mar 15-19, 1963
First-class span 1956/57 - 1967/68
Trevor Meale (1928-2010) Test Cap # 82
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Born November 11, 1928, Papatoetoe, Auckland
Died May 21, 2010, Orewa, Auckland (aged 81 years 191 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Trevor Meale (11 November 1928 – 21 May 2010) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests in 1958. Meale was born in Papatoetoe, Auckland and died in Orewa, Auckland.A left-handed opening batsman, Meale played several times for Wellington in Plunket Shield matches in the early 1950s, but his only centuries came in matches against touring teams. Against the West Indian cricket team in his debut season of 1951–52, his unbeaten 112 saved the match for Wellington, while his 130 against Fiji in 1953–54 was his last first-class innings for almost four years, and remained his highest score. He then moved to England to try to get into first-class cricket there, but was not successful.
Meale re-emerged in New Zealand in the trial games from which the 1958 New Zealand cricket team to England was picked, and was duly selected for the trip. But on a disastrous tour in a very wet English summer, he was not a success: he scored just over 500 runs and averaged only 21 runs per innings. An undefeated 64 against Somerset saw him picked for the first Test: batting at No 6, he scored 7 in the first innings and 10 in the second, with a four and a six. He was dropped for the next three Tests, but reappeared in a rain-ruined final Test at The Oval, where he scored just 1 and 3. After the tour was over, he retired from first-class cricket.He played several matches for Hutt Valley in the Hawke Cup between 1952-53 and 1958-59.
Richard Trevor Barber (1925-2015 )Test Cap # 80
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Born June 23, 1925, Otaki, Wellington
Died August 7, 2015, Christchurch (aged 90 years 45 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Richard Trevor Barber is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1956, against the West Indies in Wellington. He was born in Otaki, Wellington.A middle-order batsman, Barber played for Wellington from 1945-46 to 1958-59, and for Central Districts in 1959-60. He scored his only century, 117, against Otago in Wellington in 1953-54, which was also one of the two Plunket Shield matches in which he kept wicket.He captained Wellington in 1950-51 and 1951-52, and from 1955-56 to 1957-58, and Central Districts in 1959-60. Wellington won the Shield under his captaincy in 1956-57.Dick Brittenden wrote that Barber "could field anywhere with distinction", especially slips and gully, and that "his cover drive, produced from the best blend of balance and timing, was for the connoisseur".On the death of Sammy Guillen on 1 March 2013 he became the oldest surviving New Zealand Test cricketer.Trevor Barber, the New Zealand batsman who played one Test match at the Basin Reserve in 1956, has died in Christchurch at the age of 90. Barber had been New Zealand's oldest living Test cricketer; the oldest now is his former Wellington team-mate and the man who captained Barber in his only Test match, the 87-year-old John Reid.
Ian McKay Sinclair(1933-2019)Test Cap #79
Born:June 01, 1933, Rangiora, Canterbury
Died:August 25, 2019, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, (aged 86y 85d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Otago,Canterbury
Batting style:Left hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Offbreak
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Ian McKay Sinclair was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests in 1956.Sinclair was born in Rangiora, Canterbury, and educated at Rangiora High School.An off-spin bowler and useful tail-end batsman, Sinclair made his first-class cricket debut for Canterbury in the 1953–54 season when Matt Poore was in South Africa with the New Zealand team. His performances were moderate (108 runs at 15.42 and 10 wickets at 41.70 in five matches) and he did not appear in 1954–55.
When Poore was away again in 1955–56, this time touring India and Pakistan, and Tom Burtt retired, Sinclair became Canterbury's leading spin bowler. He took 5 for 57 and 2 for 26 in the first match of the Plunket Shield season against Otago, 1 for 50 and 4 for 17 as well as his highest score of 40 in the next match against Auckland, 4 for 36 and 0 for 74 against Wellington, and 5 for 65 and 1 for 73 against Central Districts. All four matches were victories for Canterbury, which consequently won the competition. He took 4 for 73 for Canterbury against the touring West Indians,and was selected in the team for the Second and Third Tests. However, he took only one wicket (of Everton Weekes), New Zealand lost both matches, and he never played another Test. He was twelfth man in the Fourth Test, when New Zealand recorded their first Test victory.
He played three matches for Canterbury in 1956-57 but took only four wickets.Sinclair and his wife Azalea, a former New Zealand netball representative, were married for 63 years. He died in Tauranga in August 2019, aged 86.
Test Debut:New Zealand vs West Indies at Christchurch - February 18 - 21, 1956
last test:New Zealand vs West Indies at Wellington - March 03 - 07, 1956
Span:1953/54 - 1956/57
Simpson Guillen (1924-2013) Test Cap # 78
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Born September 24, 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died March 2, 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand (aged 88 years 158 days)
Major teams New Zealand, West Indies, Canterbury, Trinidad & Tobago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relation Brother - NN Guillen, Grandson - LV van Beek, Great-nephew - JC Guillen
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A solid wicketkeeper and useful batsman, Simpson Guillen, better known as Sammy, is one of only 14 en to play Test cricket for two countries (the two most recent being Kepler Wessels and John Traicos). Guillen played 5 Tests for the West Indies in Australia in 1951-52 before taking up residence of New Zealand and playing for Canterbury. Just under four years later he played three Tests for New Zealand against the West Indies (they raised no objection despite Guillen not having fully completed the four-year residency in his adopted country). There was no animosity either. "They all formed a ring, took their caps off and gave me three cheers," he later recalled. "I could have been out right there and then, I felt so emotional." The last act of his career was a historic one: Guillen stumped Alf Valentine to seal New Zealand's first ever Test victory, for which they had waited 26 years and 45 matches. He retired immediately after the match.
Allen Fisher Lissette (1919-1973) Test Cap # 77
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Born November 6, 1919, Morrinsville, Waikato
Died January 24, 1973, Hamilton, Waikato (aged 53 years 79 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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Allen Fisher Lissette, who died suddenly in Hamilton, NZ, on January 24, aged 53, played in two Test matches for New Zealand during the 1955-56 tour by the West Indies. A slow left-arm bowler, he assisted the Hamilton and Waikato clubs for many years after the Second World War, in which he served in the R.N.Z.A.F. and was awarded the M.B.E. for work in forming the 7th Squadron of the Air Training Corps in Hamilton. He represented first Auckland and then Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield competition. He played cricket up to the 1972-73 season when he suffered a heart attack during a match in October.
Test debut New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin, Feb 3-6, 1956
Last Test New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch, Feb 18-21, 1956
First-class span 1954-1963
Eric Charlton Petrie (1927-2004) Test Cap # 75
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Born May 22, 1927, Ngaruawahia, Waikato
Died August 14, 2004, Omokoroa, Bay of Plenty (aged 77 years 84 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Gentlemen, Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
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Eric Charlton Petrie, who died aged 77, was a cricketing gentleman, with a capital `G'. Between 1950 and 1967 the stocky, soft-handed keeper made his pleasant path through cricket - 115 first-class matches, 14 Tests, long and faithful duty, too, for the young Northern Districts side. Perhaps one distinction set Petrie apart. During the New Zealanders' 1958 tour of England, not the happiest expedition by a young and raw side, Petrie's unfailing enthusiasm and his expert keeping were major morale-boosters. And the whole New Zealand side gained a psychological lift when Petrie's cricketing stature was increased a cubit or two by his being picked for the Gentlemen against the Players in that old and celebrated relic of Victorian times. Petrie began his career with Auckland in 1950-51 and won his national cap with New Zealand in India and Pakistan in 1955-56.
Noel Sherwin Harford (1930-1981) Test Cap # 74
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Born August 30, 1930, Winton, Southland
Died March 30, 1981, Auckland (aged 50 years 212 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
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Noel Sherwin Harford (born 30 August 1930 in Winton and died at Auckland on 30 March 1981) was a cricketer who played for Central Districts, Auckland and New Zealand.A neat right-handed batsman strong at driving and pulling but weak in defence and against spin, Harford came to prominence on the New Zealand tour to Pakistan and India in 1955-56, and made his Test debut against Pakistan at Lahore, scoring 93 and 64.That debut, though, proved by some distance to be Harford's most successful Test appearance.
Parke Gerald Zinzan Harris (1927-1991) Test Cap # 72
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Born July 18, 1927, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died December 1, 1991, Christchurch, Canterbury (aged 64 years 136 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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A right-hand batsman capable of either defence or aggression as the situation demanded, Zin Harris played nine Tests over as many years, passing fifty only twice in 18 innings. Both came in South Africa in 1961-62 when he scored 74 in the first Test at Durban and 101 in the third at Cape Town. Two of his sons played first-class cricket, Chris going on to represent New Zealand.
Test debut Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, Oct 13-17, 1955
Last Test New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1965
First-class span 1949-1965
John Chaloner Alabaster(1930-2024) Test Cap # 71
Leslie Watt (1924-1996) Test Cap # 70
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Born September 17, 1924, Waitati, Otago
Died November 15, 1996, Dunedin, Otago (aged 72 years 59 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
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Leslie John Todd was an English cricketer. A left-handed all-rounder who at various points in his career bowled off breaks and mediuam-paced inswingers, he played in 437 first-class matches, the majority for Kent County Cricket Club. Making his debut for the county in 1927, Todd found opportunities limited until 1933 when he scored more than 1,000 runs in a season for the first time. He took over 80 wickets in five successive seasons, completing the double in 1937.
Spencer Noel McGregor (1931-2007) Test Cap # 69
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Born December 18, 1931, Dunedin, Otago
Died November 21, 2007, Christchurch (aged 75 years 338 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
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Spencer Noel McGregor 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 and played for Otago. A batsman who liked to play his strokes, at 17 he hit the first ball he faced in the Plunket Shield for four, and two more boundaries in the same over from Tom Burtt.[1] 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.
Ian Alexander Colquhoun (1924-2005) Test Cap #:68
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Born June 8, 1924, Wellington
Died February 25, 2005, Paraparaumu Beach, Wellington (aged 80 years 262 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
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Ian Alexander Colquhoun, died on February 26, 2005, aged 80, while watching the TV coverage of New Zealand's one-day international against Australia from Auckland. An All-Black rugby triallist, Colquhoun was also an accomplished wicketkeeper for Central Districts for 11 seasons, often standing up to the quicker bowlers. Colquhoun's Test career was short but eventful. Before his debut at Dunedin in 1954-55 he dreamt that he dropped the England captain Len Hutton four times: in the event he managed to catch him cheaply in both innings, which was not enough to stave off an eight-wicket defeat. But the nightmare lay in wait. In the Second Test, at Auckland, New Zealand were shot out for 200 and 26, which remains the lowest Test total. Colquhoun's contribution was a king pair - caught first ball off Bob Appleyard in both innings.
William Bell (1931-2002) Test Cap # 66
Born September 5, 1931, Dunedin, Otago
Died July 23, 2002, Auckland (aged 70 years 321 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
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Bell, William, who died in Auckland on July 23, 2002, aged 70, played two Tests for New Zealand in South Africa in 1953-54. He bowled leg-spin and came into the reckoning for that tour because Alex Moir was out of favour with the selectors. "Players like Bell," wrote the former Auckland leg-spinner Raoul Garrard, "have apparently been chosen only because we must have bowlers of their type." At the time Bill Bell had taken only 11 wickets in his five games for Canterbury and Auckland. When he took four for 31 against Eastern Province early in the tour, he looked worth the punt. His control was good and both his leg-break and googly turned sharply. That return, however, would be his best in a 33-game career that ran from 1949-50 to 1958-59, with 44 wickets at 40.52 and 170 runs at an average (helped by not-outs) of 10.00. His Tests were at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth; his two wickets cost 235 runs.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, Jan 1-5, 1954
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, Feb 5-9, 1954
First-class span 1949-1959
John Edward Beck (1934-2000) Test Cap # 65
Born August 1, 1934, Wellington
Died April 24, 2000, Waikanae, Wellington (aged 65 years 267 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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John Edward Francis Beck died on April 24 aged 65. A shooting star in New Zealand's cricket firmament, he was selected for the tour of South Africa in 1953-54 without having played a first-class game. In the Third Test (his second) he was run out for 99, primarily because his partner wished him to have the strike. An outstanding fieldsman, Beck had all the shots, but perhaps his desire to score quickly limited his appearances to eight, scoring 394 runs at 26.80.
After the South African tour he was not called upon to represent his country until the West Indies tour of 1955-56. In this series Beck scored two half-centuries and was in the team which won a Test for the first time. He also played first-class cricket for Wellington and the North Island. In all he played 41 matches scoring 1,508 runs at 23.90.
That was not all: he bowled medium pace, and was a representative rugby tennis player and had much success at track and field. Beck was a personable and likeable lad and he maintained a keen interest in cricket throughout his life. He died a week before a reunion of the team which won at Auckland in 1956. A minute's silence was held when the six surviving members gathered.
Test debut South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Dec 24-29, 1953
Last Test New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Mar 9-13, 1956
First-class span 1953-1962
Guy William Overton (1919-1993) Test Cap # 64
Born June 8, 1919, Dunedin, Otago
Died September 7, 1993, Winton, Southland (aged 74 years 91 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Otago
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
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Guy William Fitzroy Overton (8 June 1919 in Dunedin – 7 September 1993 in Winton, Southland) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three Tests in 1953-54. In domestic cricket he represented Otago from 1945-46 to 1955-56.A sheep farmer in Southland,Overton played a number of games for Southland in the 1940s as a right-arm opening bowler before making his first-class debut for Otago. In 1945-46, after taking 4 for 28 and 6 for 13 for Southland against Otago,and 4 for 12 and 2 for 13 against North Otago, he played for Otago against the touring Australians, taking 3 for 86 in the first innings, including Lindsay Hassett as his first first-class victim.
Matt Beresford Poore(1930-2020)Test Cap #63
Born:June 01, 1930, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died:June 11, 2020 (aged 90y 10d)
Major teams:New Zealand,Otago,Canterbury
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Offbreak
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Matt Beresford Poore was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s. He was born in Christchurch.A right-handed middle order batsman and handy off-spin bowler, Poore played for Canterbury from 1950–51 to 1957–58, then returned for three matches in 1961–62. His highest score was 142 opening the batting against Central Districts in 1954–55, a match in which the next highest score was 55. It was the highest score in the Plunket Shield in the 1954–55 season. His other century was 103, opening the batting against Auckland in 1956-57 after taking 4 for 72 (figures of 47.2–22–72–4) in the first innings. His best bowling was 5 for 27 against Indian Universities in the final match of the 1955-56 tour.
Eric William Dempster (1925-2011) Test Cap # 62
Born January 25, 1925, Wellington
Died August 15, 2011, Dunedin, Otago (aged 86 years 202 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
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A left-arm spinner and useful lower-order batsman, Dempster played for Wellington from 1947-48 to 1960-61. He made his Test debut in the Second Test against South Africa in Auckland in 1952-53, and toured South Africa the following season, playing in four of the five Tests. His best performance in Tests was in the Fourth Test in 1953-54 in Johannesburg, when he made 21 not out batting at number eight in the first innings then, when New Zealand followed on, he opened and top-scored with 47 in the second innings.
His best first-class bowling figures of 5 for 46 came in the match against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1953-54, and he scored his only century, 105, for Wellington against Canterbury at Wellington in 1956-57.
He became an umpire and officiated in several of Otago's home first-class and one-day matches from 1971-72 to 1979-80. He also umpired three One Day International matches in Dunedin and Christchurch between 1973-74 and 1975-76.In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Dempster was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the disabled and cricket.He worked in Dunedin for an organisation that supplied artificial limbs.
Test debut New Zeala nd v South Africa at Auckland, Mar 13-17, 1953
Last Test South Africa v New Zealand at Port Elizabeth, Feb 5-9, 1954
First-class span 1947-1961
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ODI debut New Zealand v Australia at Dunedin, Mar 30, 1974
Last ODI New Zealand v India at Christchurch, Feb 21, 1976
Murray Ernest Chapple (1930-1985) Test Cap # 61
Born July 25, 1930, Christchurch, Canterbury
Died July 31, 1985, Hamilton, Waikato (aged 55 years 6 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
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Murray Ernest Chapple, who died at Hamilton on July 31, 1985, and 55, had already been appointed to manage the New Zealand team to England in 1986. A burly cricketer and able administrator, he possessed a sharp sense of humour and warm personality, and his death was an untimely blow to New Zealand cricket. Making his début for Canterbury when he was nineteen, as a right-hand batsman and left-arm swing bowler,
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