Thomas Coleman Lowry was a New Zealand international cricketer. He was New Zealand's first Test captain,and led the team in their first seven Test matches between January 1930 and August 1931. He played first-class cricket from 1918 to 1937. He was a farmer and racehorse breeder in Hawke's Bay,who served as president of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association from 1951 to 1965.
Bert Sutcliffe was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949,which included four fifties and a century in the Tests,earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. He captained New Zealand in four Tests in the early 1950s,losing three of them and drawing the other. None of Sutcliffe's 42 Tests resulted in a New Zealand victory. In 1949 Sutcliffe was named the inaugural New Zealand Sportsman of the Year,and in 2000 was named as New Zealand champion sportsperson of the decade for the 1940s.
Richard Charles Motz was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman,Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1961 and 1969. He was the first bowler for New Zealand to take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
Frederick Theodore Badcock was a New Zealand first-class and Test cricketer. Perhaps the best all-rounder in New Zealand in the inter-war period,he played seven Test matches for New Zealand between 1930 and 1933,including New Zealand's inaugural Test in 1930. He was the first players capped by New Zealand.
John Gordon Leggat was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s as an opening batsman. He was later a leading cricket administrator. His cousin Ian Leggat also played Test cricket for New Zealand.
William Edward Merritt was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played for Canterbury and Northamptonshire,and a rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury,Wigan and Halifax.
Robert Smith Cunis played 20 Test matches for New Zealand as a pace bowler between 1964 and 1972,and was later coach of the New Zealand national team from 1987 to 1990. His son Stephen played cricket for Canterbury between 1998 and 2006.
George Fenwick Cresswell was a cricketer who played three Test matches for New Zealand. Born in Wanganui,he was the older brother of Arthur Cresswell. He was the 50th Test cap for New Zealand.
Gary Alex Bartlett is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 10 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1960s as a fast bowler.
Albert William Roberts was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played in five Test matches between 1930 and 1937.
Herbert Mendelson McGirr was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1930. He was born at Wellington in 1891.
Ian Burns Cromb was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1931 to 1932,including all three Tests of the 1931 tour of England.
Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1931 and 1937.
Brian Frederick Hastings was a New Zealand cricketer. A middle-order batsman,he played 31 Test matches between 1969 and 1976,scoring four centuries. He played first-class cricket for Wellington,Central Districts and Canterbury between 1958 and 1977.
Ernest Frederick Upham was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1892 to 1910.
Ronald Osmond Talbot,was a New Zealand sportsman who played first-class cricket between the 1922–23 and 1935–36 seasons,and toured England with the national team in 1931. He also played representative rugby union for Canterbury.
Reginald John Read was a New Zealand medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1904–05 to 1937–38.
Thomas Andrew Carlton was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket in New Zealand and Australia from 1909 to 1932.
Joseph Henry Bennett was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1898 to 1920,and played several times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Charles Boxshall was an Australian-born New Zealand wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket from 1898 to 1915,and played 12 times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
