Wilf Haskell

Wilfred John Raymond Haskell (born 12 December 1936) is an Indian-born New Zealand former cricketer, schoolteacher and a sports historian.

Wilf Haskell

Personal information
Full name	Wilfred John Raymond Haskell
Born	(1936-12-12) 12 December 1936 (age 88) Karachi, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Sacha Haskell (daughter)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955/56–1968/69	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 16 Runs scored 182 Batting average 13.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 35 Balls bowled 2,778 Wickets 40 Bowling average 19.92 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/6 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 January 2017

Life and career

Wilf Haskell was born in Karachi, where his father was a missionary and schoolteacher. In the 1940s the family moved to Nelson, where Wilf attended Nelson College.^[1]

An accurate medium-fast bowler, Haskell made his first-class cricket debut for Wellington in 1955–56, but did not establish himself in the team until 1967–68. In the first match of the 1967–68 season, against Otago, he took 6 for 6 off 16 overs to dismiss Otago for 85 in the second innings and give Wellington victory by 149 runs.^[2]

He became a schoolteacher, teaching at a number of schools in New Zealand, and finally, from 1980 to 1998, at Wellington College. Since he retired from teaching he has written sports history.^[1]

Books

• Seasons of Honour: A Centenary History of New Zealand Hockey 1902–2002 (2002) (with Geoff Watson)
• Faster Stronger Higher: Golden Olympians of New Zealand: Volume I: 1912–1968 (2011)