James Condliffe

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James Condliffe
Personal information
Full nameJames William Condliffe
Born(1888-07-30)30 July 1888
Wellington, New Zealand
Died23 November 1945(1945-11-23) (aged 57)
Wellington
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909–1914Otago
1917–1923Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 30
Runs scored 610
Batting average 12.44
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 62
Catches/stumpings 32/20
Source: Cricket Archive, 11 January 2015

James William Condliffe (30 July 1888 – 23 November 1945) was a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington from 1909 to 1923 and played five times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Career with Otago[]

James Condliffe made his first-class debut for Otago in 1909–10, and played as Otago's regular wicket-keeper until World War I. He won the award for the best batting average in senior Dunedin cricket in the 1912–13 season.[1] He was selected to play for New Zealand against the touring Australians early in 1914 when Charles Boxshall, who had occupied the wicket-keeping position for the previous 15 years, was unavailable.[2] He made 25 and, opening the batting in the second innings, 23 in a first-wicket partnership of 80 with Harry Whitta. He was one of only four New Zealand players who kept their place in the team for the second match against Australia.[3]

He served as a driver with the field artillery in the New Zealand forces in World War I.[4] He was wounded at Gallipoli.[5]

Career with Wellington[]

After the war Condliffe resumed his cricket career, playing for Wellington as their regular wicket-keeper from 1917–18 to 1922–23. He made his top score of 62 against Canterbury in 1919–20: after Wellington had been 47 for 6, he batted for 160 minutes and with the help of the tail-enders took the score to 262.[6]

He played twice for New Zealand against MCC in 1922–23. He was replaced as Wellington's keeper by the 19-year-old Ken James in 1923–24, but although Condliffe was no longer playing domestic first-class cricket, he played one final match for New Zealand in 1924–25.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "J. W. Condliffe Dead". Evening Star: 3. 19 December 1945.
  2. ^ Otago Daily Times, 5 March 1914, p. 10.
  3. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 57–58.
  4. ^ Cenotaph record: James William Condliffe
  5. ^ Free Lance (Wellington), 10 November 1916, p. 19.
  6. ^ The Press, 10 January 1920, p. 7.

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