Jeremiah John Mahoney (26 July 1880 – 1 August 1966), sometimes spelt Mahony, was an Australian-born cricketer who played four times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.[1]
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| Full name | Jeremiah John Mahoney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1880 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 August 1966 (aged 86) Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–03 to 1911–12 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editBorn in Sydney, Mahoney played as a batsman and occasional wicket-keeper for Wellington from 1902–03 to 1911–12. After top-scoring with 40 not out in a Wellington total of 140 against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03,[2] he was selected to play in both the matches New Zealand played against Lord Hawke's XI. In the second match he scored 27 (the second-top score) and 24 (top score) in an innings defeat.[3]
Against Canterbury in 1906–07 Mahoney hit his highest score so far when he made 63 not out, the top score in the match, in the second innings.[4] He was again selected for both of New Zealand's matches later that season, against the touring MCC side. In the first match, batting at number six, he scored 71 not out, adding 82 with the last two batsmen to take New Zealand's total to 207.[5] His 214 runs at an average of 42.80 made him one of the leading batsmen of the season.[6]
In his two matches in 1907–08 he scored 209 runs at 69.66, again putting him near the top of the national averages,[7] and made his highest score of 84, the top score in the match, in Wellington's victory over Otago.[8]
According to Dan Reese, who played with him in three of his matches for New Zealand, Mahoney was a stubborn batsman and "was a little deaf and took a lot of watching in running singles, or the last run from a hit to the outfield".[9]
Later life
editMahoney worked in Wellington as a tailor's presser.[10] He returned to Australia in 1912 to live in Sydney.[11] His wife died there in November 1913 after a long illness.[12] He died in Sydney in August 1966, aged 86.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Jeremiah Mahoney". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Wellington v Lord Hawke's XI 1902–03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 43–44.
- ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1906–07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Neely & Payne, pp. 48–50.
- ^ "Batting in New Zealand for 1906–07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Batting in New Zealand for 1907–08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Wellington v Otago 1907–08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Dan Reese, Was It All Cricket?, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 148.
- ^ "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1911, Wellington". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Cricket". Otago Witness: 60. 23 October 1912.
- ^ "Deaths". Sydney Morning Herald: 20. 29 November 1913.
External links
edit- Jeremiah Mahoney at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Jeremiah Mahoney at ESPNcricinfo