John Collins (New Zealand cricketer)
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John Ulrich Collins was a New Zealand cricket
er who played six first-class
matches: one for Nelson
in 1884–85 and five for Canterbury between 1892–93 and 1895–96. As a teenager, he had also appeared in a minor match for a Wellington XXII that had much the worse of a draw against a ten-man Australians side in 1886–87.
Collins acted as wicket-keeper
in three of his Canterbury matches, although all three of his dismissals came in one game, versus Auckland in January 1894.
In his final appearance, for Canterbury against New South Wales in December 1895, he bowled for the only time in first-class cricket, taking the wicket of Frank Ridge in the first innings.
His nephew David Collins
played 53 first-class games, while his brother William Collins
played two.
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 six first-class
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...
matches: one for Nelson
Nelson cricket team
Nelson cricket team is a cricket team representing the Nelson Region of New Zealand and currently competes in the Hawke Cup.Cricket was first reported as being played in Nelson in the Nelson Examiner in March 1844, in a match between the Surveyors of the Land Company and Nelson...
in 1884–85 and five for Canterbury between 1892–93 and 1895–96. As a teenager, he had also appeared in a minor match for a Wellington XXII that had much the worse of a draw against a ten-man Australians side in 1886–87.
Collins acted as wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
in three of his Canterbury matches, although all three of his dismissals came in one game, versus Auckland in January 1894.
In his final appearance, for Canterbury against New South Wales in December 1895, he bowled for the only time in first-class cricket, taking the wicket of Frank Ridge in the first innings.
His nephew David Collins
David Collins (New Zealand cricketer)
Dr David Charles Collins was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 53 first-class matches between 1905–06 and 1926–27, the bulk of these being for Wellington in New Zealand and Cambridge University in England; he won a blue for Cambridge and headed their batting averages in 1910.After...
played 53 first-class games, while his brother William Collins
William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
William Edward Collins MB MRCS CMG was a sportsman and politician...
played two.