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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