Harry Halliday (cricketer, born 1855)
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| Full name | Henry Holden Halliday | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1855 Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 July 1922 (aged 67) Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1873/74–1880/81 | Nelson | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Henry Holden Halliday (30 March 1855 – 19 July 1922) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nelson from 1874 to 1880.
On his first-class debut against Wellington in 1873-74, Harry Halliday opened the batting in the first innings for Nelson and made 35, their highest score of the match.[1] He was less successful with the bat in later matches, but he established himself as one of the best long stops in New Zealand at a time when that was an important fielding position.[2][3]
Halliday worked in the New Zealand Post and Telegraph service. He was in charge of the telegraph office at Nelson in the 1870s,[4] and was noted for his speed as a telegraphist.[5] While working in the telegraph office in Wellington in 1892, he was appointed to a senior position in the office in Hokitika.[6] He was working as a clerk in the Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce in Hokitika when he was dismissed in March 1913.[7] He died suddenly aged 67 at his home in Hokitika in July 1922, leaving a widow, a daughter and three sons.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wellington v Nelson 1873-74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Memories of the 'Seventies". The Colonist. Vol. LXI, no. 15048. 16 April 1919. p. 3 (supplement). Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Summary". The Colonist. Vol. XVII, no. 2057. 4 April 1876. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Telegraph Notices". Nelson Evening Mail: 2. 28 November 1876.
- ^ "News and Notes". Hawera & Normanby Star: 2. 9 September 1884.
- ^ "Telegrams". Colonist: 4. 9 December 1892.
- ^ "Officer dismissed" (PDF). The New Zealand Gazette: 1276. 10 April 1913.
- ^ "West Coast Notes". Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17512. 21 July 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 10 February 2018.