Gregory Martyn Aim (4 September 1933 – 1 April 2005) was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine first-class cricket matches for Otago and Wellington between the 1955–56 and 1962–63 seasons.[1]

Greg Aim
Personal information
Full name
Gregory Martyn Aim
Born(1933-09-04)4 September 1933
Wellington, New Zealand
Died1 April 2005(2005-04-01) (aged 71)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955/56Otago
1960/61–1962/63Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 190
Batting average 13.57
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 41
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: CricInfo, 27 February 2024

Aim was born in Wellington,[2] and attended Nelson College from 1946 to 1947,[3] and Otago Boys' High School from 1948 to 1951.[4] He played in four first-class cricket matches for Otago―all during the 1955–56 season―and five for Wellington, four in 1960–61 and a single match in 1962–63.[2]

As well as being a cricketer, Aim was active in sports and arts administration. He was at various times the CEO of the Hillary Commission, executive chairman of the Wellington City Opera Company, deputy chair of the New Zealand Opera Company, a member of the management committee of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, and patron of the Victoria University Cricket Club. He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[3][4]

Aim died in Wellington in 2005 aged 71.[1] An obituary was published in that years New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gregory Aim, CricInfo. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  2. ^ a b Greg Aim, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-12-31. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
  4. ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 9. 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 5 June 2023.)
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