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Herbert John Huntley (4 November 1883 – 28 March 1944) was an Australian-born cricketer who played in New Zealand for Otago during the 1912–13 season.[1]
Huntley was born at the Melbourne suburb of Brighton in 1883 and lived for a time at Creswick in the state. He moved to New Zealand and was a farm manager at Ettrick in Central Otago.[2][3]
Living for a time at Invercargill in the early years of the 20th century, Huntley was a member of Invercargill Cricket Club and played representative cricket for Southland.[4][5] During the 1912–13 season he played for Otago against South Melbourne Cricket Club and Southland, taking four wickets in each match, before making his only first-class appearance in March 1913. Against Canterbury he scored a total of 15 runs and did not take a wicket in the match.[1]
Huntley died at Tuapeka in Otago in 1944. He was aged 60.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b John Huntley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-22. (subscription required)
- ^ Deaths, Otago Daily Times, issue 25497, 29 March 1944, p. 1. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-22.)
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 72. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
- ^ Cricket, Southern Cross, volume 15, issue 41, 1 February 1908, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-22.)
- ^ Cricket: Otago v Southland, Hastings Standard, volume IX, issue 5129, 21 February 1906, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-22.)
- ^ Herbert Huntley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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