Douglas Cameron (cricketer)

Douglas Cameron
Personal information
Full name
Douglas Archibald Cameron
Born(1903-03-21)March 21, 1903
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died10 January 1996(1996-01-10) (aged 92)
Wanganui, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929/30–1932/33Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 158
Batting average 19.75
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 71
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 February 2022

Douglas Archibald Cameron (21 March 1903 – 10 January 1996) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in the 1930s and had a long career in the Hawke Cup for Rangitikei and Wanganui from 1921 to 1953.[1] He was a farmer.[2]

Life and career

Cameron's family lived on the estate "Glenmore" in the Turakina Valley. He attended Wanganui Collegiate School from 1917 to 1921 before taking up farming.[3] He married Sylvia Cousins in Feilding in April 1937.[4]

Cameron was an opening batsman. He made his highest first-class score in the Plunket Shield in January 1931 when he opened the batting with Stewie Dempster against Auckland, and was Wellington's top-scorer, with 71 and 12.[5] He was instrumental in Rangitikei's only two successful challenges for the Hawke Cup: he scored 129 and 47 when Rangitikei beat Wairarapa in December 1921,[6] and 12 and 160 (batting at number three) in the victory over Manawatu in March 1930.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Douglas Cameron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-905138-98-2. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Wanganui Collegiate School Register, 1854-1939". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Weddings". Evening Post: 18. 24 April 1937.
  5. ^ "Auckland v Wellington 1930-31". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Wairarapa v Rangitikei 1921-22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Manawatu v Rangitikei 1929-30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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