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Henry Holderness
Henry Victor Angel Holderness (24 May 1889 – 17 July 1974) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago cricket team, Otago. He was born and died in Dunedin. Holderness made a single first-class cricket, first-class appearance, during the 1918–19 season, against Southland cricket team, Southland. Opening the bowling for Otago, he took 5 for 10 and 5 for 29 as he and Arthur Alloo bowled unchanged through the match to dismiss Southland for 41 and 55. Otago won the match by a comfortable margin despite scoring only 94 and 88. He was wounded in 1915 while serving as a Gunner (rank), gunner with the New Zealand forces in World War I.''New Zealand Herald'', 14 August 1915, p. 9. See also * List of Otago representative cricketers References External linksHenry Holderness at CricketArchive 1889 births 1974 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers New Zealand military personnel of World War I {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |