Tom Chettleburgh

Verdon Joseph Thomas Chettleburgh (19 November 1912 – 4 September 1960) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played nineteen first-class matches for Otago between 1932 and 1941.^[1]

Tom Chettleburgh

Personal information
Full name	Verdon Joseph Thomas Chettleburgh
Born	(1912-11-19)19 November 1912 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	4 September 1960(1960-09-04) (aged 47) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932/33–1940/41	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 19 Runs scored 733 Batting average 26.17 100s/50s 0/2 Top score 84 Balls bowled 603 Wickets 11 Bowling average 37.63 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/41 Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2020

Tom Chettleburgh attended Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and worked as a bookkeeper.^[2][3] He made his highest first-class score in Otago's victory over Canterbury in the 1936-37 Plunket Shield, when he scored 39 (the top score in Otago's first innings) and 84.^[4] He was later a member of the board of the New Zealand Cricket Council. He died in 1960 at Lower Hutt; an obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.^[3]