John Jolly (cricketer)
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John Logan Jolly (27 July 1912 – 9 July 1995) was a New Zealand sportsman who played representative rugby union and cricket for Otago.
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Full name | John Logan Jolly |
Born | (1912-07-27)27 July 1912 Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand |
Died | 9 July 1995(1995-07-09) (aged 82) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium |
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Years | Team |
1933/34 | Otago |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016 |
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Jolly was born at Cromwell in Central Otago in 1912 and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. He worked as a mining engineer.[1]
He played provincial rugby for the Otago Rugby Football Union[1] and appeared in one first-class cricket match for the Otago cricket team during the 1933–34 season.[2] Opening the bowling against Auckland at Eden Park, he failed to take a wicket and scored 12 runs in the match.[3]
Jolly died at Sydney in Australia in 1995 aged 82.[2] An obituary was published in the 2003 edition of the New Zealand Cricket Alamnack.[1]