John Wolstenholme (1851 – 5 February 1914[1]) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay from 1887 to 1898.
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| Full name | John Wolstenholme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1851 Rishton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 February 1914 (aged 62–63) Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1886–87 to 1898–99 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editWolstenholme was born in Lancashire. He became a school teacher, and married Mary Anne Leach in Darwen in July 1880.[2] They moved in the 1880s to New Zealand, where he taught in the Hawke's Bay area, conducting the school at Norsewood.[3]
Wolstenholme was an all-rounder at cricket. In November 1892, he was described by the Hawke's Bay Herald thus: "has a good defence and splendid execution, and hits very hard when once set", and a fast bowler "with rather a low delivery" who "always gets wickets".[4] He usually opened the batting, as he did when he made his highest first-class score of 103 in an innings victory over Taranaki in 1897–98.[5] In Hawke's Bay's victory over Taranaki in 1891–92 he took 4 for 24 and 4 for 9.[6]
After his playing career ended, he umpired several of Hawke's Bay's home matches between 1899 and 1901.[7]
Wolstenholme was appointed headmaster of the school at Port Ahuriri, Napier, in 1890,[8] and the school's academic and attendance records improved markedly under his stewardship.[9] After retiring from the position after some years, he was the storekeeper at the small town of Ongaonga, in Central Hawke's Bay.[10] In June 1906, he disappeared for several days before being found in Wellington living under an assumed name.[11][12] He returned to Napier to live, working as a relieving teacher until his sudden death in February 1914.[10] Mary Anne and several grown-up children survived him.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Personal Items". Waipawa Mail: 2. 7 February 1914.
- ^ "Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1936". Ancestry. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Norsewood". Daily Telegraph: 3. 4 June 1887.
- ^ "Cricket Notes". Hawke's Bay Herald. 22 November 1897. p. 4.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1897–98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1891–92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Jack Wolstenholme as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "[Untitled]". Hawke's Bay Herald: 2. 8 February 1890.
- ^ "Port Ahuriri District School". Hawke's Bay Herald: 3. 18 December 1891.
- ^ a b "Personalia". New Zealand Times: 3. 9 February 1914.
- ^ "Saturday, June 23rd, 1906". The Grey River Argus and Blackball News. 23 June 1906. p. 2.
- ^ "Mr Wolstenholme's Return". Poverty Bay Herald. 19 June 1906. p. 2.
External links
edit- Jack Wolstenholme at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Jack Wolstenholme at ESPNcricinfo