Jack Lamason
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John Rider Lamason, born at Wellington, New Zealand on 29 October 1905, and died also at Wellington on 25 June 1961, was a cricket
er who played for Wellington cricket team and for New Zealand
, but not in Test matches
.
A hard-hitting middle order batsman and an occasional right-arm off break
bowler, Jack Lamason played for seven years for Wellington in the Plunket Shield competition before his first century, and captained the side too. In the 1934-35 and 1935-36 seasons, he was close to the top of the domestic averages, and he was picked for the 1937 New Zealand tour of England
. He was not a success: he made only 395 runs on the tour at an average of 15 with a top score of 71, and was not chosen for any of the Test matches. He played occasional first-class cricket for almost 10 years after the tour, but his top score in that period was just 31.
His wife was Ina Lamason
, who played cricket also for Wellington and New Zealand
, and his sister Joy also played for Wellington and New Zealand.
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 who played for Wellington cricket team and for New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
, but not in Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
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A hard-hitting middle order batsman and an occasional right-arm off break
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
bowler, Jack Lamason played for seven years for Wellington in the Plunket Shield competition before his first century, and captained the side too. In the 1934-35 and 1935-36 seasons, he was close to the top of the domestic averages, and he was picked for the 1937 New Zealand tour of England
New Zealand cricket team in England in 1937
The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1937 season. The team was the third from New Zealand to tour England, following those of 1927 and 1931 and the second to play Test matches. Three Tests were arranged: England won the second match at Manchester, and the games at Lord's and The Oval...
. He was not a success: he made only 395 runs on the tour at an average of 15 with a top score of 71, and was not chosen for any of the Test matches. He played occasional first-class cricket for almost 10 years after the tour, but his top score in that period was just 31.
His wife was Ina Lamason
Ina Lamason
Ina Mabel Lamason was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm medium pace bowler, Lamason played in four women's Test matches in 1947/8 and 1954, captaining New Zealand in two...
, who played cricket also for Wellington and New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
, and his sister Joy also played for Wellington and New Zealand.