Wilfrid Kalaugher

Wilfrid Kalaugher
Kalaugher, c. 1926
Born(1904-11-26)26 November 1904
Winchester, New Zealand
Died12 August 1999(1999-08-12) (aged 94)
Other namesWilfrid George Kalaugher
Occupation(s)Olympic athlete, Rhodes Scholar, teacher

Wilfrid George Kalaugher (26 November 1904 – 12 August 1999) was a New Zealand athlete and scholar. He was a school master in Marlborough College, England.

Biography

Kalaugher was born in Winchester, New Zealand and he grew up in Devonport. He was dux of Sacred Heart College, Auckland in 1921, where there is now a wing named after him. He attended Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied mathematics and competed in athletics, cricket, and rugby.

In 1926, he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to Balliol College, Oxford, where he represented Oxford University in first-class cricket from 1928 to 1931.[1] At the same time he played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Oxfordshire.[2] While at Oxford University, he gained an Oxford Blue after winning a hurdles title.[citation needed]

He represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles.[3][4]

In 1931, he took up a teaching position at Marlborough College, England, and found his career "amid the playing fields and schools of England". He died in Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]

References

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Wilfrid Kalaugher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Wilfrid Kalaugher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ^ Athletes of the Century: 100 Years of New Zealand Track and Field
  4. ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ Obituary, Sunday Star-Times, 19 December 1999, p. A9