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Wilfred Findlay
Personal information
Full name
John Wilfred Findlay
Born(1891-11-27)27 November 1891
Wellington, New Zealand
Died1 June 1951(1951-06-01) (aged 59)
Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsSir John Findlay (father)
James Lloyd Findlay (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910-11 to 1911-12Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 51
Batting average 8.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 22 not out
Balls bowled 434
Wickets 13
Bowling average 15.30
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/42
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2018

John Wilfred Findlay (27 November 1891 – 1 June 1951) was a New Zealand cricketer, soldier and businessman.

Family[edit]

Wilfred Findlay was the eldest of three sons of John Findlay, a New Zealand KC and politician who became a Cabinet minister and was knighted in 1911.[1] The second son, James Lloyd Findlay, was an officer who served in both world wars,[2] and the third son, Ian Calcutt Findlay, died on active service in the First World War.[3]

Cricket career[edit]

Findlay attended Wellington College, Wellington, where he played in the cricket team. He showed promise in Wellington senior cricket as a fast bowler of genuine pace.[4] He made his first-class debut shortly after he turned 19, and played four matches for Wellington between December 1910 and December 1911, taking 13 wickets at the low average of 15.30 and at a high strike-rate of a wicket every 33 deliveries.[5]

Later life[edit]

Family and business commitments took Findlay to England in 1912.[6][7][8] He enlisted in the British Army shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and served throughout the war, first with the King's Royal Rifles and then with the Machine Gun Corps, ending with the rank of major.[9]

On 23 December 1919, in Loughton, Essex, he married Miss Helen Blagden Rich of New York. He was working in insurance in London at the time.[10][11] He spent most of the rest of his life in Britain and finally the United States, where he was an executive in the insurance industry in New York.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Findlay, John George". Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "James Lloyd Findlay". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ian Calcutt Findlay". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ Touchline (5 November 1910). "Cricket". NZ Free Lance. p. 18.
  5. ^ "John Wilfred Findlay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Personal notes from London". Southland Times. 29 November 1912. p. 3.
  7. ^ Touchline (18 October 1913). "Cricket". NZ Free Lance. p. 21.
  8. ^ "Personal matters". Evening Post. 30 September 1914. p. 2.
  9. ^ "On service: New Zealanders abroad". Evening Post. 14 January 1919. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Notes for women". Evening Post. 20 February 1920. p. 9.
  11. ^ "Personal notes". Wairarapa Age. 10 March 1920. p. 2.
  12. ^ "John W. Findlay, insurance executive". New York Times. 2 June 1951. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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