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Derek Stirling

Full name Derek Alexander Stirling
Born October 5, 1961, Upper Hutt, Wellington
Current age 44 years 288 days
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Statsguru Test player, ODI player

First team captain for a number of years

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	bf	sr	100	50	4s	6s	ct	st
Tests	6	9	2	108	26	15.42	294	36.73	0	0	11	3	1	0
ODIs	6	5	2	21	13*	7.00	39	53.84	0	0	1	0	3	0
First-class	84	106	30	1651	75	21.72			0	5			27	0
List A	65	53	15	547	44	14.39			0	0			17	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
Tests	6	902	601	13	4/88	5/170	46.23	3.99	69.38	1	0	0
ODIs	6	246	207	6	2/29	2/29	34.50	5.04	41.00	0	0	0
First-class	84	11644	6948	206	6/75		33.72	3.58	56.52		5	0
List A	65	2840	2004	90	4/10	4/10	22.26	4.23	31.55	5	0	0

Career statistics
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Test debut	Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore - Nov 16-20, 1984
Last Test	England v New Zealand at The Oval - Aug 21-26, 1986
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Moratuwa - Mar 31, 1984
Last ODI	Pakistan v New Zealand at Multan - Dec 7, 1984
First-class span	1981/82 - 1991/92
List A span	1981/82 - 1992/93

Profile

A burly right-arm fast-medium bowler, Derek Stirling started his first-class career brightly. Aged just 19, he took 6 for 75 against Northern Districts in January 1982, figures he never bettered. He became one of the many New Zealanders under shadow of Richard Hadlee for the rest of the decade.

He made his one-day international debut in Sri Lanka at the end of 1983-84, oddly before his selection for a Young New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe. Stirling then played all three Tests in Pakistan in 1984-85, acqutting himself well on what were trying pitches, including 4 for 88 in the third Test at Karachi.

But he fell out of favour just before New Zealand's momentous back-to-back series wins against Australia in 1985-86. Stirling responded with 26 domestic first-class wickets and toured England in 1986, where his second-innings dismissal of Derek Pringle at Nottingham helped open the door to a victory that could have slipped away. But at The Oval, in his final Test appearance, he bowled too short on a fast track, and in one over was carted by Ian Botham - returning from a ban - for 24. He played league cricket in Scotland in 1984.

Richard Petrie

Long serving first team player. 

Full name Richard George Petrie
Born August 23, 1967, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 38 years 331 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Statsguru ODI player

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	bf	sr	100	50	4s	6s	ct	st
ODIs	12	8	3	65	21	13.00	109	59.63	0	0	2	0	2	0
First-class	56	78	11	1581	100	23.59			1	5			20	0
List A	120	98	16	1846	85	22.51			0	9			15	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
ODIs	12	660	449	12	2/25	2/25	37.41	4.08	55.00	0	0	0
First-class	56	8631	4078	134	5/23		30.43	2.83	64.41		3	0
List A	120	5250	3709	135	5/24	5/24	27.47	4.23	38.88	5	1	0

Career statistics
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ODI debut	Australia v New Zealand at Sydney - Nov 29, 1990
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Christchurch - Feb 9, 1991
First-class span	1988/89 - 1999/00
List A span	1988/89 - 2000/01

Profile

A medium-fast bowler with one of the better hitting eyes in the game, Richard Petrie flashed over the cricket horizon in the summer of 1990-91 playing 12 one-day internationals. And from that point until he retired from first-class cricket in 1999-00, that was the only time he played international cricket. A bowler capable of extracting disconcerting lift, Petrie's aspirations were dealt a severe blow when he suffered an Achilles tendon injury. It reduced his speed considerably and he reverted to more guile to secure his wickets. His hitting ability made him an invaluable prospect in one-day cricket, a point utilised by Wellington after his transfer there from Canterbury in 1993-94. While he achieved a first-class century, his highest score in one-day games was 85, but there was no doubt bowlers around the country breathed a sigh of relief when they no longer had to contend with a Petre firestorm at the crease. His 135 wickets in one-day games were secured at an economy rate of 4.23 while his 134 first-class wickets cost 30.43 runs each.

Ervin McSweeney

Long serving first team wicket-keeper

Full name Ervin Bruce McSweeney
Born March 8, 1957, Wellington
Current age 49 years 135 days
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Statsguru ODI player

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	bf	sr	100	50	4s	6s	ct	st
ODIs	16	14	5	73	18*	8.11	119	61.34	0	0	3	2	14	3
First-class	121	177	30	4947	205*	33.65			6	23			340	45
List A	101	89	17	1210	69	16.80			0	4			116	31

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
ODIs	16	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	121	20	19	0	-	-	-	5.70	-	0	0	0
List A	101	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
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ODI debut	Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne - Jan 9, 1986
Last ODI	New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch - Mar 28, 1987
First-class span	1979/80 - 1993/94
List A span	1980/81 - 1993/94

Tim Ritchie

First team player

Full name Tim David Ritchie
Born January 10, 1964, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 42 years 191 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	100	50	ct	st
First-class	59	93	14	2509	106	31.75	3	15	47	0
List A	31	28	3	404	41	16.16	0	0	10	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
First-class	59	183	195	5	1/12		39.00	6.39	36.60		0	0
List A	31	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1982/83 - 1990/91
List A span	1982/83 - 1990/91

Mark Jefferson

First team player and NPC rugby player

Full name Mark Robin Jefferson
Born June 28, 1976, Oamaru, Otago
Current age 30 years 22 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	100	50	ct	st
First-class	46	65	11	1342	114	24.85	2	5	13	0
List A	79	51	19	517	48*	16.15	0	0	17	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
First-class	46	7586	3373	89	5/42		37.89	2.66	85.23		1	0
List A	79	3110	2108	60	4/32	4/32	35.13	4.06	51.83	1	0	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1996/97 - 2002/03
List A span	1996/97 - 2002/03

 Matthew Goodson

First team player

Full name Matthew Charles Goodson
Born March 3, 1970, Palmerston North, Manawatu
Current age 36 years 139 days
Major teams Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	100	50	ct	st
First-class	17	21	5	194	61	12.12	0	1	6	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	ave	econ	sr	5	10
First-class	17	2308	874	37	6/48	23.62	2.27	62.37	3	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1989/90 - 1994/95

Philip Chandler

Full name Philip John Barry Chandler
Born July 6, 1972, Wellington
Current age 34 years 19 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat

Career statistics
First-class span	1994/95 - 2001/02
List A span	1995/96 - 1998/99

Martin Speight

Clubs overseas pro 1989-1990

Full name Martin Peter Speight
Born October 24, 1967, Walsall, Staffordshire
Current age 38 years 269 days
Major teams Durham, Northumberland, Sussex, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	100	50	ct	st
First-class	193	323	31	9225	184	31.59	13	48	292	5
List A	253	233	10	5741	126	25.74	3	29	143	17

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
First-class	193	21	32	2	1/2		16.00	9.14	10.50		0	0
List A	253	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1986 - 2001
List A span	1986 - 2003

 Kevin Innes

Clubs overseas pro 1996-98

Full name Kevin John Innes
Born September 24, 1975, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Current age 30 years 299 days
Major teams Northamptonshire, Sussex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	bf	sr	100	50	ct	st
First-class	45	70	17	1256	103*	23.69			1	3	15	0
List A	86	59	20	815	55	20.89			0	2	25	0
Twenty20	5	5	1	22	10	5.50	29	75.86	0	0	0	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
First-class	45	4470	2461	79	4/41		31.15	3.30	56.58		0	0
List A	86	2951	2666	83	5/41	5/41	32.12	5.42	35.55	3	1	0
Twenty20	5	51	72	1	1/28	1/28	72.00	8.47	51.00	0	0	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1994 - 2004
List A span	1994 - 2005
Twenty20 span	2003

Pen Portraits  of players from the clubs 100 year anniversary book

 

Karori Cricket Club 1890-1980' by John Stribling. They were written at the

conclusion of the 1979-80 season.

 
This section contains pen portraits of those cricketers who represented Wellington while playing for Karori. Unfortunately these criteria are rather discriminatory in that they exclude players who have given long and valued service without playing first class cricket but include some whose impact of Karori cricket was not great.

The possibility of including the full season-by-season career records of each player was considered but space did not permit their inclusion and brief details of the best performances are contained elsewhere in the text. Adrienne Morris has calculated the full season-by-season career records of all Karori senior players and there are available to any member who wishes to peruse them.

The players appear in the order of their first appearance for Wellington.

By clicking on the photos you will see a larger image of the photo.

 
M.G. (Maurie) Browne

Full name Maurice Gerald Browne
Born September 28, 1913, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Died December 21, 1980, Wellington (aged 67 years 84 days)
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Career statistics
First-class span	1937/38 - 1951/52

 Maurie Browne first played cricket for Karori in the boy’s league while attending Wellington College. Upon leaving College, Browne joined Wellington College Old Boys but a few years later, in 1934-35, along with Ken MacDonald, Gordon Rowe and his brother Frank Browne, he transferred to Karori who that year won the second grade and so acquired senior status.

Browne was a leg spinner of exceptional guile and very few people could pick his wrongun. He was also a successful left handed batsmen at club level – batting down the order he had little opportunity to score runs at Plunket Shield Cricket. Selection for Wellington was gained in 1937-38 and again in 1938-39 but the war intervened and after 1946 Browne was often unavailable for representative games. In all he played 9 games for Wellington scoring 164 runs at 16.4 with a highest score of 58 and took 21 wickets at 28.9, his best return being 6/89 in his first game.

In 1947-48 Browne was a member of the Karori team that won the Cook Shield and he captained the team that won the senior title in 1950-51. In his final season in Senior Cricket he captured 4 wickets with successive balls. Browne retired to the Presidents grade and was later involved in the establishment of the Wanderers Club. He was a New Zealand hockey representative in 1937-38. For Karori, Browne scored 3825 runs at 27.7 and captured 304 wickets at 20.7 runs per wicket.

R.J. (Jack) Duffy

Full name Jack Duffy
Born date unknown
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat

Career statistics
First-class span	1940/41 - 1945/46

 Jack Duffy joined Karori from Institute in 1935-36. The previous season he had taken 10 wickets in an innings for 80 runs with his left arm spinners but for Karori he was known primarily as a steady and consistent left-hand opening batsman. He played 9 games for Wellington between 1940-46 scoring 458 runs at 26.9, had a top score of 71 and also took 5 wickets. For Karori Duffy scored 2911 runs at 25.3 and took 174 wickets at 23.9. He captained Karori in 1945-46.

C.G. (Gordon) Rowe

Full name Charles Gordon Rowe
Born June 30, 1915, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died June 9, 1995, Palmerston North, Manawatu (aged 79 years 344 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat

Statsguru Test player

Career statistics
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Only Test	New Zealand v Australia at Wellington - Mar 29-30, 1946
First-class span	1944/45 - 1952/53

Gordon Rowe represented New Zealand at both hockey and cricket. He was a correct batsman, a perfectionist, whose best shots were the square cut and cover drive, as well as a capable wicket-keeper. As noted elsewhere, Rowe played one test and scored the dreaded “pair”. In addition to Rowe, who shares the dubious honour of being New Zealand’s lowest scoring test cricketer, Reid and Congdon, who are first and second in New Zealand test aggregates, have been associated with Karori. Rowe was more successful for Wellington scoring 324 runs at 27.0. His best effort was in a two day non-first class match against Canterbury in 1944-45. He scored 102 and 79. Later Rowe represented Central Districts. Or Karori Rowe scored 2012 runs at 24.8, made 29 wicket-keeping dismissals and took 40 wickets at 24.1. He was Karori captain in 1949-50.

J.C. (Jack) Tynan

 Full name John Christopher Tynan
Born December 5, 1925, Wellington
Current age 80 years 228 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	100	50	ct	st
First-class	4	7	0	80	29	11.42	0	0	2	0

Bowling averages

class	mat	runs	wkts	bbi	ave	5	10
First-class	4	48	2	1/11	24.00	0	0

Career statistics
First-class span	1951/52 - 1953/54

Jack Tynan was better known as a hockey player than a cricketer, being New Zealand hockey captain for several years. Although hockey tours sometimes interfered with his cricket, Tynan played senior cricket from 1944-45 to 1963-64 scoring 4820 runs at 22.5 and capturing 103 wickets at 19.9. He captained the senior team in 1955-56. Tynan did not do himself justice as a Wellington representative. In 4 games he scored 80 runs at 11.4 and took 2 wickets for 48 runs. Jack Tynan was a batsman of considerable skill who was often seen at his best when quick runs were required. Primarily a front foot player he excelled in the straight and cover drives.

J.E.F. (John) Beck

Full name John Edward Francis Beck
Born August 1, 1934, Wellington
Died April 24, 2000, Waikanae, Wellington (aged 65 years 267 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Statsguru Test player

Career statistics
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Test debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg - Dec 24-29, 1953
Last Test	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland - Mar 9-13, 1956
First-class span	1953/54 - 1961/62

As a schoolboy John Beck was a brilliant left-handed batsman and following a successful tout of South Africa, on which he played his first first-class game and scored 99 (run-out) in his second test, great expectations were held of him. However, from the time of his return Beck suffered mixed fortunes. His batting could be inconsistent and this resulted in a series of abrupt recalls and dismissals from the representative teams. Regular press attention must have added to Beck’s uncertainty and he never secured a permanent place in the Wellington team.

At his best Beck was a delightful batsman to watch, with a very upright stance. He was particularly powerful off the front foot with the cover and square drives being his specialties. If need be he could be a courageous defender, as at Johannesburg in 1953. Beck was also a very fast runner between the wickets but is probably best remembered for his magnificent cover fielding. In 8 tests matches Beck scored 394 runs at 26.7 and in all matches for New Zealand (20) 754 runs at 22.2. For Wellington he scored 713 runs at 27.4 with a top score of 149 and for Karori 2971 at 27.0. His innings of 166 in 1960-61 remains the highest innings for the club in senior cricket. After taking 80 minutes over the first 50 the second was hit in 13 minutes and the third in 18 minutes. Normally Beck would bat at number three, but being a team man was prepared to drop down the order if his form was not at its best. Beck was Karori senior Captain in the early 1960’s.

L.S.M. (Lawrie) Miller

Full name Lawrence Somerville Martin Miller
Born March 31, 1923, New Plymouth, Taranaki
Died December 17, 1996, Kapiti, Wellington (aged 73 years 261 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat

Statsguru Test player

Career statistics
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Test debut	New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington - Mar 6-10, 1953
Last Test	England v New Zealand at The Oval - Aug 21-26, 1958
First-class span	1950/51 - 1959/60

Lawrie Miller is best known as a stubborn left-handed opening batsman who was hard to get out. A front foot player, he went forward to all bowlers irrespective of the conditions. However, he could unleash some fine blows and at club level frequently scored quickly. He scored one century for Karori in even time and a hit in one game, which landed three houses down Fernlea Ave. ranks as perhaps the longest blow from the Southern end – though John Anderson might dispute this.

Miller came to Karori upon his return from South Africa having previously represented Central Districts. He captained Karori in 1956-57 and 1957-58 and on both occasions Karori won the Cook Shield. He caused a chuckle in the game when he recalled an opposition batsman who had been given out by the umpire because in his opinion (and others agreed), the batsman was not out. Subsequent appeals to the umpire in question were fruitless, being turned down on the grounds that the batsman had already been given out several overs ago. At test level Miller scored 346 runs at 13.8 in 13 tests. His best series was against Ian Craig’s Australian side (1956-57) but these were not official tests. In all he played 48 games for New Zealand, scoring 2215 runs at 29.5. During his Karori days he scores 1572 runs for Wellington at 47.6 and for Karori compiled 2161 runs at 44.1. While with Karori he twice won the Redpath Cup.

W.M. (Mike) Curtis

Full name William Michael Curtis
Born August 30, 1933, Auckland
Current age 72 years 325 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Career statistics
First-class span	1955/56 - 1958/59

Mike Curtis was a Karori player from the time he left Nelson College and developed into one of the best wicket-keepers never selected for New Zealand. He played 17 matches for Wellington between 1956 and 1959 taking 31 catches and making 4 stumpings. In the North versus South Island match held prior to the selection of the 1958 team to tour England Curtis took 8 catches, 4 in each innings, a New Zealand record at the time. He also top-scored in North’s first innings, with 22 not out and with 27 runs was the second to top scorer in the second innings. There was much disappointment in Karori when John Ward was chosen as Eric Petrie’s deputy for the tour. At club level Curtis had success with the bat early in his career but in the later years scored few runs ending with a record of 1165 runs at 15.7 and a top score of 119 not out. He made 152 dismissals as a wicket-keeper, 123 caught and 29 stumped.

P.H. (Paul) Standidge

Full name Paul Henry Standidge
Born April 1, 1934, Wellington
Current age 72 years 111 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Left-hand bat
Relations Father - JA Standidge

Career statistics
First-class span	1957/58

 Paul Standidge was a dynamic left-handed opening batsman who, when in full flight, had the ability to tear any attack apart. He respected no bowler’s reputation. In his first game for Wellington he strode purposefully to the wicket and returned to the pavilion two overs later with a score of around thirty. Standidge possibly holds the world record for the longest hit. In a club game at the Basin Reserve he struck a ball clean out of the ground. The ball lodged in the number box of a passing tram and was later found at Newtown Park Zoo. The blow became the subject of on of Neville Lodge’s Sports Post cartoons. Paul Standidge played 4 games for Wellington in 1957-58 scoring 95 runs at 13.6 runs per innings. For Karori he scored 2738 runs at 25.8.

His father Jack Standidge also represented Wellington playing one game in 1940 in which he scored 29 runs in two innings. In games for Karori Jack Standidge scored 2414 runs at an average of 20.1 and took 63 wickets at 28.3 each.

J.H. (John) Bray

 Full name John H Bray
Born January 18, 1938, Wellington
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Career statistics
First-class span	1958/59 - 1966/67

John Bray was a very good right-arm, into the wind, bowler who could send down his bustling medium pacers for long periods at a time. He was also an accomplished senior batsman – last season he was to be seen striking the ball to all corners of Western Park for a lower grade Tawa team. Bray played 4 matches for Wellington as a Karori Player in 1950-60 scoring 37 runs at 7.4 and taking 8 wickets at 22.0. In games for Karori Bray scored 1397 runs at 16.6 and took 168 wickets at 19.2.

J.St.J. (John) Parson

 Full name Jonathan St John Parson
Born April 12, 1942, Napier, Hawke's Bay
Current age 64 years 100 days
Major teams Canterbury, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics
First-class span	1960/61 - 1963/64

John Parson, who had represented Canterbury before he came to Karori was one of the fastest bowlers to have played for the club. However, he varied his bowling considerably and the batsman never knew whether to expect a very fast delivery or an off-spinner. Parson did not have a long cricket career. He excelled in many sports, other interests intervened, and so cricket did not see the best of him. He played 5 games for Wellington in 1961-62 scoring 26 runs at 7.2 and captured 11 wickets at 20.0. In senior matches for Karori parson scored 321 runs at 16.1 and bagged 71 wickets at 22.9.

J.R. (John) Reid

Full name John Richard Reid
Born June 3, 1928, Auckland
Current age 78 years 48 days
Major teams New Zealand, Otago, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Referee
Relations Son - RB Reid

Statsguru Test player, Test official, ODI official

Career statistics
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Test debut	England v New Zealand at Manchester - Jul 23-26, 1949
Last Test	England v New Zealand at Leeds - Jul 8-13, 1965
First-class span	1947/48 - 1964/65

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Test debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa - Aug 25-30, 1993
Last Test	India v Zimbabwe at Delhi - Feb 28-Mar 4, 2002
Test matches	50
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Kandy - Aug 22, 1993
Last ODI	India v Zimbabwe at Guwahati - Mar 19, 2002
ODI matches	98

 John Reid’s cricketing exploits are well known and well documented. He excelled in all facets of the game, a true all-rounder. Reid was a powerful batsman with all the attacking shots and a versatile bowler who prior to injury bowled genuinely fast, even off a comparatively short run, and later bowled a mixture of medium paced off cutters, off spinners and fast deliveries. Reid played for other clubs in Wellington, Hutt Valley and Otago before finishing his playing days with Karori. He scored 656 runs for Wellington between 1963 and 1965 at 50.5 and took 30 wickets at an average of 19.4 runs each. For Karori Reid scored 1394 runs at 38.7 and captured 91 wickets at 12.4. A super allrounder, John Reid was born a generation too soon, for he retired in 1965 before one-day international matches were started. Reid would have been a one-day team on his own - a batsman with thunderous strokes, a rapacious fielder especially at gully or cover, a bowler of what became known as right-arm bursters which ranged from modest off-cutters to snarling bouncers. Reid also fitted in some stand-in wicketkeeping. But for a bout of rheumatic fever in his late-teens Reid might have become the ultimate New Zealand allrounder, for his rugby prowess overshadowed his cricket - but after recovery rugby was off limits. Reid's Test-match scores fluctuated in his first decade, but he touched glory on tour in South Africa in the 1961-62 season, setting a record of 1915 runs, seven centuries (leaving Denis Compton, Neil Harvey, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton and Arthur Morris in his wake). Reid later became a New Zealand selector, took his coaching and management talents to South Africa for a time, but returned to New Zealand to join the front rank of the International Cricket Council referees.

P.B. (Peter) Truscott

Full name Peter Bennetts Truscott
Born August 14, 1941, Pahiatua, Manawatu
Current age 64 years 341 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat

Statsguru Test player

Batting and fielding averages

Career statistics
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Only Test	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch - Feb 12-16, 1965
First-class span	1961/62 - 1965/66

Peter Truscott, a right-handed batsman came to Karori from Canterbury and shortly after his arrival made his highest first-class score, 165 runs for the New Zealand Under 23 team. He played 11 matches for Wellington 1964-66, scoring 507 runs at 24.1 and representing New Zealand in one test against Pakistan at Lancaster Park in 1964-65. Opening the innings with Bevan Congdon he scored 3 and 26. The following season he made a magnificent club contribution but departed for Australia shortly afterwards. For Karori he scored 1408 runs at 37.1 and secured 15 wickets at 23.8.

D.L. (David) Paetz

Full name David Laurence Paetz
Born May 1, 1940, Wellington
Current age 66 years 81 days
Major teams Wellington
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Career statistics
First-class span	1966/67

 David Paetz, an off-spinner with good control of line and length, played senior cricket for Karori over a period of almost 10 years. In 1967 he played his only game for Wellington. He did not bat and took 1/60. Later in his career he played for Wellington College Old Boys and in one memorable game took 1/34 in one over against Karori at Karori Park. John Anderson hit 4 sixes in the over, three of them off successive balls which travelled ever greater distances down the road. Anderson skied the last ball and was caught, to which Paetz acknowledged, “That’s really buying a wicket.”

J.W.J. (Jeffrey) Schofer

Full name Jeffrey William J Schofer
Born March 26, 1943, Petone, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Current age 63 years 117 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Relations Brother - PJ Schofer

Career statistics
First-class span	1969/70

Jeff Schofer, a right-handed opening batman, was the top run scorer in Wellington senior cricket no fewer than four times between 1968 and 1975. Consequently it was a great surprise that Schofer, who scored his runs steadily in an unobstructive manner, but could score quickly when the occasion demanded, played only three games for Wellington in 1970 scoring 96 runs at an average of 24.0 and did not appear again after a match against Auckland in which he batted well, scoring 43 and 28. Wellington had a surfeit of good openers at the time. With players like Bilby and Murray most favoured, but Schofer’s consistent club scoring deserved better recognition over the years. For the Karori senior team, which he captained for several years, Schofer scored 5183 runs, considerably more than anyone else, at 32.9.

B.D. (Bruce) Smith

Full name Bruce David Smith
Born October 8, 1946, Wellington
Current age 59 years 286 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Bruce Smith was a regular Plunket Shield player from the Hutt Valley through the 1970’s with his middle order batting and useful off-break bowling. He played for Karori in 1970-71 scoring 361 runs at 27.8 and taking 28 wickets at 23.7. He played two games for Wellington that season for 50 runs at 25.0 and 5 wickets at 20.0

P.J. (Pat) Malcoln

Full name Patrick John Malcon
Born April 2, 1947, Gisborne
Current age 59 years 110 days
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat

Pat Malcoln a right-handed opening batsman had represented Northern Districts before coming to Karori. He played two matches for Wellington in 1972-73 but scored few runs against the test bowlers he came up against and received no further chances. That year he won the Norwood award for the outstanding fieldsman of the year, an award not often won by Karori players. For Karori Malcon scored 1165 runs at 23.8

T. (Toivo) Vaikvee

Full name Toivo Vaikvee
Born June 7, 1947, Esbjerg, Denmark
Current age 59 years 44 days
Major teams Wellington
Bowling style Legbreak

After a junior career with Central Districts Toivo Vaikvee came to Karori in 1972-73 and won selection for Wellington the following year as a right-arm leg spin and googly bowler and useful batsman. In that first game he scored 41 not out and in a last wicket stand of 83 with Richard Collinge. Wellington won the game by 10 runs and went on to win the Plunket Shield. All told, between 1973-76 Vaikvee played 11 matches scoring 157 runs at 17.5 and snaring 14 wickets at 34.1. Among the Karori teams he led was the one that carried off the senior championship in 1975-76. To the end of t he 1979-80 season Vaikvee had scored 851 runs for Karori at 16.1 and taken 163 wickets at an average of 15.8 runs each.

S.B. (Stewart) Cater

Full name Stewart Bruce Cater
Born February 4, 1952, Nelson
Died February 5, 2005, Ohakune, Wellington (aged 53 years 1 days)
Major teams Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics
First-class span	1974/75 - 1982/83
List A span	1975/76 - 1982/83

Stew Cater played for Karori from 1971 to 1978 as a medium-fast opening bowler. He was very successful in club cricket. In 1974-75 he took 9/19 against Kilbirnie (in a game that was lost) the best bowling performance for Karori in senior cricket. However, because Wellington had a string of top line pace bowlers at the time Cater’s services were not required regularly at first-class level. Between 1974-78 he played 13 matches for Wellington scoring 103 runs at 6.9 and capturing 29 wickets at 30.1. In games for Karori Stew Cater knocked up 1002 runs at 20.4 and his 245 wickets cost an average 16.7 runs each.

E.J. (Evan) Gray

Full name Evan John Gray
Born November 18, 1954, Wellington
Current age 51 years 245 days
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Statsguru Test player, ODI player

Career statistics
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Test debut	England v New Zealand at Lord's - Aug 11-15, 1983
Last Test	India v New Zealand at Bangalore - Nov 12-17, 1988
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Moratuwa - Nov 4, 1984
Last ODI	India v New Zealand at Indore - Dec 15, 1988
First-class span	1975/76 - 1991/92
List A span	1976/77 - 1991/92

In the age-restricted teams Evan Gray represented New Zealand Secondary Schools in Australia, was regularly selected for New Zealand Brabin and Under-23 teams and in recent seasons has had successful games for the Young New Zealand sides. An accomplished all-rounder, a right hand batsman and left-arm spin bowler, Gray has played for Karori senior team since 1972-73 and represented Wellington since 1975-76. To date (the end of the 1979-80 season) Gray has scored 663 runs for Wellington at 19.5 and taken 69 wickets at 25.8. For Karori, which he is again captaining in its Centennial season, he has chalked up 2873 runs at 38.8 and taken 199 wickets at 16.8.

B.E. (Bevan) Congdon

Full name Bevan Ernest Congdon
Born February 11, 1938, Motueka, Tasman
Current age 68 years 160 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Central Districts, Otago, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Statsguru Test player, ODI player

Career statistics
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Test debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington - Jan 22-26, 1965
Last Test	England v New Zealand at Lord's - Aug 24-28, 1978
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch - Feb 11, 1973
Last ODI	England v New Zealand at Manchester - Jul 17, 1978
First-class span	1960/61 - 1977/78
List A span	1969/70 - 1978

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1974
Awarded OBE for services to cricket
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Like John Reid, Bevan Congdon is one of New Zealand’s greatest test cricketers and like John Reid he played just some of his club cricket for Karori – in fact, because of Wellington and New Zealand selections he played only 5 games for Karori scoring 257 runs at 36.7 and securing 14 wickets at 13.0 with his slow-medium deliveries. For Wellington he scored 272 runs and captured 4 wickets but his best performances while a Karori player took place in the West Indies. In the tests he made 531 runs at 88.5 and gathered 13 wickets at 34.2. He was second in the test and tour batting and bowling averages; to Glen Turner and Bruce Taylor respectively.

Two Karori players represented Wellington in a game against the New Zealand Under-23 team in 1966. They were Tom O’Neil, a right-arm swing bowler who was a prolific wicket-taker for Karori in the early 1960’s, taking 317 wickets at 15.6 and John Hammel, a free scoring, left-handed, middle order batsman, fine fieldsman and proficient wicket-keeper. He represented Karori at senior level throughout the 1960’s and after a very successful spell in one-day cricket returned to two-day cricket on a fairly regular basis (some team was always short) and has had no trouble fitting into any team from 2C upwards. Hammel had one other first-class game, for New Zealand Under-23 side in 1963. For Karori he scored 3439 runs (to date) at 21.8. He was captain of the senior team towards the end of the 1960’s.