Tom Chettleburgh

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Verdon Joseph Thomas Chettleburgh (19 November 1912 – 4 September 1960) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played nineteen first-class matches for Otago between 1932 and 1941.[1]

Tom Chettleburgh
Personal information
Full name
Verdon Joseph Thomas Chettleburgh
Born(1912-11-19)19 November 1912
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died4 September 1960(1960-09-04) (aged 47)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932/33–1940/41Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 733
Batting average 26.17
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 84
Balls bowled 603
Wickets 11
Bowling average 37.63
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/41
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2020

Tom Chettleburgh attended Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and worked as a bookkeeper.[2][3] He made his highest first-class score in Otago's victory over Canterbury in the 1936-37 Plunket Shield, when he scored 39 (the top score in Otago's first innings) and 84.[4] He was later a member of the board of the New Zealand Cricket Council. He died in 1960 at Lower Hutt; an obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Verdon Chettleburgh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ Hooker (5 November 1937). "Sports Snaps: No. 70: T. Chettleburgh". Evening Star: 5.
  3. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 33. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  4. ^ "Otago v Canterbury 1936-37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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