Aisea Turuva Tuidraki (born 3 February 1916 at

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; died 1966 at

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, Fiji) was a Fijian

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er. Tuidraki made his first-class debut for

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in 1948 against

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during Fiji's 1947/48 tour of

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. He played one other first-class match during the tour against

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. In his two first-class matches for Fiji he scored 53 runs at a batting average of 13.25, with a high score of 23. In the field Tuidraki took four

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. He played six non-first-class matches for Fiji on their 1947/48 tour, with his final match coming against Bay of Plenty. Tuidraki died in 1966 at

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