Sir Arthur Telford Donnelly (6 June 1890 – 1 February 1954) was a New Zealand lawyer and sports administrator, and chairman of the

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Life and career

Born in

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, Donnelly was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury College. He qualified as a solicitor at 19 and as a barrister at 20, and joined his father's Christchurch law firm, Raymond, Stringer, Hamilton and Donnelly. He served as a

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with the

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in France in

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. A club cricketer with the West Christchurch cricket club from 1908 to 1922, he was a life member of the

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, of which he was chairman of committee for ten years from 1928 and President from 1946 to 1948. He managed the New Zealand cricket team in England in 1931, and played in one of the non-first-class matches at the end of the tour. He was a steward of the Canterbury Jockey Club. Donnelly was appointed Crown Solicitor for Christchurch in 1921, and became chairman of the

in April 1937. He was appointed a

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, for public services, in the

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, and a

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in the

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. In 1953, Donnelly was awarded the

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References

External links

Obituary
in '' Wisden''
Christchurch Golf Club: History of Club Trophies
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