John Angus Dunning OBE (6 February 1903 – 24 June 1971) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1933 and 1937 and 60 first-class matches from the 1923–24 to 1937–38 seasons. He later became a headmaster in Australia.[1][2]
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| Full name | John Angus Dunning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1903 Ōmaha, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 June 1971 (aged 68) Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 26) | 31 March 1933 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 August 1937 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1923/24–1937/38 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928/29 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Academic and teaching career edit
Dunning was born at Ōmaha and educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, later graduating MSc (Honours) in mathematics at the University of Otago. He was New Zealand's Rhodes Scholar in 1925 and, studying at New College, Oxford, he obtained his MA in mathematics.[2][3][4]
He taught at John McGlashan College, Dunedin, from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1939; he was also sports master. He was recruited to the headmastership of Scots College, Warwick, in Queensland from 1939 to 1949 and Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, from 1949 to 1969, where he was said to exhibit "Scottish carefulness".[3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours.[5]
Dunning died suddenly at Adelaide in South Australia in June 1971, aged 68, survived by his wife and two daughters.[6] Obituaries were published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1971 and in Wisden the following year.[2]
References edit
- ^ Jack Dunning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2022. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 47. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
- ^ a b Prentis, Malcolm (2008). "Minister and Dominie: Creating an Australasian Scottish World?". International Review of Scottish Studies. Vol. 33. p. 26.
- ^ "Rhodes Scholar: Mr. J. A. Dunning's Career". Star. Vol. LV, no. 266. 8 November 1924. p. 12.
- ^ "Commonwealth Relations Honours List". The Canberra Times: 4. 1 January 1965. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Death". Canberra Times: 15. 28 June 1971.
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