John Collins (Fijian cricketer)

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John Collins
Personal information
Full nameJohn Cyril Collins
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches6
Runs scored249
Batting average 24.90
100s/50s1/0
Top score128*
Balls bowled102
Wickets 4
Bowling average 11.75
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling3/30
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2007

John Cyril Collins was a Fijian cricketer. [1] He played six first-class matches for the Fiji national cricket team on a tour of New Zealand in 1895. [2] He scored Fiji's only century of the tour, [3] an innings of 128 not out against Hawke's Bay. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Cricinfo profile
  2. ↑ First-class matches played by John Collins at CricketArchive
  3. ↑ First-class Batting and Fielding for Fiji in New Zealand 1894/95 at Cricket Archive
  4. ↑ Scorecard of Hawke's Bay v Taranaki, 19 February 1895 at Cricket Archive


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