Nat Uluiviti
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Nacanieli Mataika "Nat" Uluiviti (19 May 1932 in Suva
, Fiji
– 6 May 2004 in Suva) was a Fijian cricketer
and Rugby Union
player.
bowler, he played first-class cricket
for both the Fiji national cricket team and Auckland
in the 1950s.
He made his first-class debut against Otago
on Fiji's 1954 tour of New Zealand
, playing three further matches on the tour. He then attended university in New Zealand, and played four first-class matches for Auckland in the Plunket Shield.
's tour of New Zealand in 1957, playing two Tests against the New Zealand Māori
, scoring 23 points in total.
Suva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
– 6 May 2004 in Suva) was a Fijian cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
and Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player.
Cricket
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium paceFast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler, he played first-class cricket
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...
for both the Fiji national cricket team and Auckland
Auckland Aces
The Auckland domestic cricket team represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams. Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 26 Plunket Shield titles, eight Domestic One Day Championships and the HRV...
in the 1950s.
He made his first-class debut against Otago
Otago Volts
The Otago Volts are a first class cricket team representing the Otago Cricket Association, one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket....
on Fiji's 1954 tour of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, playing three further matches on the tour. He then attended university in New Zealand, and played four first-class matches for Auckland in the Plunket Shield.
Rugby Union
Uluiviti played at full-back for the Fiji national rugby union teamFiji national rugby union team
The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...
's tour of New Zealand in 1957, playing two Tests against the New Zealand Māori
New Zealand Maori rugby union team
New Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa or genealogy. In the past this rule was not strictly applied. In the past non-Māori players who looked Māori were often...
, scoring 23 points in total.