Graham Stuart Botting (27 June 1915 – 7 March 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer and hockey player. He was born at Dunedin in 1915 and was educated at Otago Boys High School.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Graham Stuart Botting | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1915 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 2007 (aged 91) Tūrangi, Waikato, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1950/51–1952/53 | Central Districts | ||||||||||||||
| 1953/54 | Otago | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 27 January 1949 New Zealand XI v The Rest | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 13 January 1954 Otago v Central Districts | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 April 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Botting was a wicket-keeper who played in the Plunket Shield for Central Districts from 1950–51 to 1952–53 and Otago in 1953–54. He made his first-class debut in January 1949, playing for a New Zealand XI in a trial match ahead of the selection of the New Zealand Test side. He did not play representative cricket for two more seasons, making his Central Districts debut in December 1950 against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. He also played for Nelson in the Hawke Cup from 1945–46 to 1952–53.[2][3] He played 16 first-class matches, 12 of which were for Central Districts and three for Otago. Described as "a capable wicketkeeper with few pretensions with the bat", he scored a total of 164 runs and made 38 dismissals.[2][3]
While playing hockey for Otago, Botting represented New Zealand against the visiting Indian team in 1938.[4][5]
A schoolteacher, Botting taught at Nelson College.[1][6] He died at Tūrangi in 2007 aged 91.[7] An obituary was published in the 2007 New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 23. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
- ^ a b Graham Botting, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Williamson, Martin. "Graham Botting". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand hockey representatives – men" (PDF). Hockey New Zealand. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Second Hockey Test". Evening Post: 5. 1 August 1938.
- ^ Romanos, Joseph (19 May 2011). "Wellingtonian interview: Wilf Haskell". Dominion Post. Stuff. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Graham Botting, CricInfo. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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