Jack Alabaster
New Zealand cricketer (1930–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Chaloner Alabaster (11 July 1930 – 9 April 2024) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches for the country's national team between 1955 and 1972. A leg-spin bowler, he was the only New Zealander to play in each of the country's first four Test victories. In domestic cricket, he was often partnered at the crease for his provincial side Otago by his younger brother Gren, who bowled off-spin. A schoolteacher, he later served as Rector of Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.
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Full name | John Chaloner Alabaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1930-07-11)11 July 1930 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 April 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 93) Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Gren Alabaster (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 71) | 13 October 1955 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 9 March 1972 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1955/56–1971/72 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 |
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