Wilfred Findlay
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Full name | John Wilfred Findlay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 27 November 1891||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 June 1951 Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Sir John Findlay (father) James Lloyd Findlay (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1910-11 to 1911-12 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2018 |
John Wilfred Findlay (27 November 1891 – 1 June 1951) was a New Zealand cricketer, soldier and businessman.
Family
Wilfred Findlay was the eldest of three sons of John Findlay, a New Zealand KC and politician who became a Cabinet minister and was knighted in 1911.[1] The second son, James Lloyd Findlay, was an officer who served in both world wars,[2] and the third son, Ian Calcutt Findlay, died on active service in the First World War.[3]
Cricket career
Wilfred Findlay attended Wellington College, Wellington, where he played in the cricket team. He showed promise in Wellington senior cricket as a fast bowler of genuine pace.[4] He made his first-class debut shortly after he turned 19, and played four matches for Wellington in two seasons, taking 13 wickets at the low average of 15.30 and at a high strike-rate of a wicket every 33 deliveries.[5]
Later life
However, family and business commitments took Findlay to England in 1912.[6][7][8] He enlisted in the British Army shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and served throughout the war, first with the King's Royal Rifles and then with the Machine Gun Corps, ending with the rank of major.[9]
On 23 December 1919, in Loughton, Essex, he married Miss Helen Blagden Rich of New York. He was working in insurance in London at the time.[10][11] He spent most of the rest of his life in Britain and finally the United States, where he was an executive in the insurance industry in New York.[12]
References
- ^ "Findlay, John George". Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "James Lloyd Findlay". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Ian Calcutt Findlay". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Touchline (5 November 1910). "Cricket". NZ Free Lance. p. 18.
- ^ "John Wilfred Findlay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Personal notes from London". Southland Times. 29 November 1912. p. 3.
- ^ Touchline (18 October 1913). "Cricket". NZ Free Lance. p. 21.
- ^ "Personal matters". Evening Post. 30 September 1914. p. 2.
- ^ "On service: New Zealanders abroad". Evening Post. 14 January 1919. p. 7.
- ^ "Notes for women". Evening Post. 20 February 1920. p. 9.
- ^ "Personal notes". Wairarapa Age. 10 March 1920. p. 2.
- ^ "John W. Findlay, insurance executive". New York Times. 2 June 1951. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
External links
- Wilfred Findlay at ESPNcricinfo
- Wilfred Findlay at CricketArchive
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