John Oakley (cricketer)
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Full name | John Hayward Oakley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand | 7 February 1925||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 August 2013 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | David Oakley (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946-47 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2018 |
John Hayward Oakley
Life and career
John Oakley was born in Palmerston North and educated at Sacred Heart College in Auckland, and Victoria University in Wellington, where he studied law.[3] He played for the University team in the senior Wellington cricket competition as a hard-hitting right-handed batsman, and represented Wellington in two first-class matches in 1946-47. His top score was 43 in the second innings of his debut match against Auckland, batting at number four.[4]
He was co-creator in 1972 and executive member of the New Zealand Cricket Foundation, a trustee of the Wellington Cricket Trust for 30 years from 1974, President of the Wellington Cricket Association from 1982 to 1985, and President of
Oakley spent his working life as a lawyer in Wellington. He was a partner in the firm Hogg Gillespie Carter & Oakley.[3] He married Margaret Carmine in 1954, and they had a son and two daughters.[3] Their son David played for Wellington in the 1980s.
References
- ^ "John Oakley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b Neely, Don. "Cricket Wellington Annual Report 2012-13" (PDF). Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Basin still houses legacy of cricket leader's drive". The Dominion Post. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Auckland v Wellington 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "No. 51173". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 34.