Stan Brice

Alfred William Stanley Brice (14 November 1880 – 5 May 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1903 to 1928 and played five times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket. He was also an early administrator of Rugby league in New Zealand.^[1]

Stan Brice

Personal information
Full name	Alfred William Stanley Brice
Born	(1880-11-14)14 November 1880 South Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died	5 May 1959(1959-05-05) (aged 78) Maraekakaho, Hastings, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1902/03–1927/28	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 61 Runs scored 1,575 Batting average 17.11 100s/50s 0/8 Top score 87 Balls bowled 11,123 Wickets 247 Bowling average 21.29 5 wickets in innings 19 10 wickets in match 7 Best bowling 9/67 Catches/stumpings 43/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2018

He married Mary Silva at Sacred Heart Church in Petone on 24 April 1905.^[2]

In a senior club match for Petone in Wellington in March 1918 Brice took 7 for 2 to dismiss the Returned Soldiers' Association team (who batted two short) for 8 in the second innings. He had taken 5 for 13 in the first innings, when the Returned Soldiers' Association team made 45. He took a hat-trick in each innings.^[3] He set a wicket-taking record for Wellington senior cricket that season with 93 wickets at an average of 7.19.^[4]