Mary and William Rolleston and their children, at Kapunatiki

Arthur Cecil Rolleston (13 December 1867 – 28 September 1918) was a New Zealand

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er and lawyer who played two matches of

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for

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in 1890 and 1891.

Life and career

One of the sons of the prominent New Zealand politician

William Rolleston William Rolleston (19 September 1831 – 8 February 1903) was a New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent. Early life Rolleston was born on 19 September 1831 at Maltby, Yorkshire as th ...

, and a grandson of the

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pioneer

Joseph Brittan Joseph Brittan (12 January 1806 – 27 October 1867), a surgeon, newspaper editor, and provincial councillor, was one of the dominant figures in early Christchurch, New Zealand. Born into a middle-class family in southern England, he followed ...

, Arthur Rolleston was educated in Christchurch at Christ's College (1878–1886) and

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. In 1884, he was senior Somes Scholar. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1891 and as a barrister in 1900. On 14 August 1899 at St Luke's Church in Christchurch, he married Ruby Mildred Buckley, the youngest daughter of George Buckley. Described by a contemporary newspaper as a "very dashing left-handed bat", Arthur Rolleston had little success in his brief first-class career, totalling only 16 runs in his two matches. However, his score of 9

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in his second match was the top score in Canterbury's first innings of 50. Rolleston worked as a lawyer, mostly in

but also later in the

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. He died aged 50 after striking his head when he fell in the street while visiting

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. At the time of his death, his wife had been living in England for some time.

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