Iain Campbell (cricketer)
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| Full name | Iain Parry Campbell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1928 Purley, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 May 2015 (aged 87) Taupō, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| 1946 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Iain Parry Campbell (5 February 1928 – 31 May 2015) was an English sportsman and schoolteacher. Campbell was born in England and later taught and lived in Rhodesia and then New Zealand, where he retired. He played
Sporting career
Campbell was educated at
Campbell had methods all of his own, rough and ready by precise standards but very effective for all that. ... He has so far avoided text-book dogmas, and he has it in him to become a fine slogger. His eye seemingly allows him to hook without moving the right foot across the wicket, to cut the ball very near the off stump, to drive cross-batted and to hit across the line of the ball. A good eye, confidence and exceptional power of strike are natural assets which add up to a large sum.[6]
He was unable to repeat his schoolboy success at
Campbell was a good all-round sportsman and won a
Teaching career
Campbell became a schoolteacher. He taught at King's School, Worcester, Rugby and Cranleigh in England,[4] and Peterhouse in Rhodesia[10] before becoming headmaster of St Stephen's College in Rhodesia from 1968 to 1973.
He was headmaster of
He later lived in Taupō, New Zealand, and died at home on 31 May 2015. He and his wife Anne were married for 62 years.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e Obituaries, Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2016, pp.257–258. Kent County Cricket Club, 2016.
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-24.)
- ^ "Iain Campbell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-01-25.(subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Iain Campbell". Canford School. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ Wisden 1947, p. 565.
- ^ E.M. Wellings, "The Public Schools, 1946", Wisden, 1947, p. 560.
- ^ "Oxford University v Leicestershire 1951". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ Wisden 1952, pp. 898–902.
- ^ Campbell, Ian Parry, Obituaries, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Staff news". The Petrean Society. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "Iain Campbell". King's College. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "Passing of Former Headmaster Iain Campbell". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-30.