David Collins (New Zealand cricketer)
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Dr David Charles Collins (1 October 1887 – 2 January 1967) was a New Zealand cricket
er. He played 53 first-class
matches between 1905–06 and 1926–27, the bulk of these being for Wellington in New Zealand and Cambridge University
in England; he won a blue for Cambridge and headed their batting average
s in 1910.
After leaving Cambridge, he returned to New Zealand, where his most successful years were with Wellington in the 1920s. It was during this decade that he scored four of his six first-class centuries, including the largest (and his last), 172 against Auckland in the 1924–25 Plunket Shield.
Collins represented New Zealand during the MCC
tour of 1922–23. At Christchurch he scored 102,
while at the Basin Reserve, as captain, he hit a second-innings 69.
His father William Collins
and his uncle John Collins
had brief first-class careers.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He played 53 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches between 1905–06 and 1926–27, the bulk of these being for Wellington in New Zealand and Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
in England; he won a blue for Cambridge and headed their batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
s in 1910.
After leaving Cambridge, he returned to New Zealand, where his most successful years were with Wellington in the 1920s. It was during this decade that he scored four of his six first-class centuries, including the largest (and his last), 172 against Auckland in the 1924–25 Plunket Shield.
Collins represented New Zealand during the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
tour of 1922–23. At Christchurch he scored 102,
while at the Basin Reserve, as captain, he hit a second-innings 69.
His father William Collins
William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
William Edward Collins MB MRCS CMG was a sportsman and politician...
and his uncle John Collins
John Collins (New Zealand cricketer)
John Ulrich Collins was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches: one for Nelson in 1884–85 and five for Canterbury between 1892–93 and 1895–96...
had brief first-class careers.