Bernard McCarthy (24 July 1874 – 7 July 1948) was a New Zealand

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er, lawyer and papal knight.

Life and work

After attending

St. Patrick's College, Wellington St Patrick's College is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in New Zealand. History Founded by Archbishop Francis Redwood Society of Mary (Marists), SM, St Patrick's opened on 1 June 1885 with nine day pupil, day-boys and twelve boarders. ...

, McCarthy moved to

Hāwera Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established ...

, where he qualified as a lawyer and in 1903 founded the law firm that is now known as Welsh McCarthy. McCarthy Street in Hāwera is named after him. He became president of the St. Patrick's College Old Boys' Association; for his work for the Old Boys and for organising the school's golden jubilee celebrations in 1935 he was awarded the papal knighthood of St Gregory the Great.

Cricket career

McCarthy played four matches for

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during its brief period as a

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team. In Taranaki's only first-class victory, against

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region i ...

in 1896–97, he took 3 for 42 and 4 for 46 with his off-spin. Hawke's Bay reversed the result in their next encounter in 1897–98, although McCarthy took his best figures of 5 for 109 and top-scored in each innings with 27 and 52, his best first-class score. He batted left-handed. Although Taranaki played no first-class matches after 1898, and McCarthy's cricket for four years was limited to minor matches, he was selected to play for

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in two matches against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03. He took three wickets, all of opening batsmen. In the second match of the first season of the

Hawke Cup The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat t ...

in 1910–11, McCarthy took 6 for 12 and 4 for 29 as South Taranaki beat North Taranaki. He played his last Hawke Cup game in 1922–23.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Bernard 1874 births 1948 deaths New Zealand cricketers Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers Taranaki cricketers Knights of St. Gregory the Great 20th-century New Zealand lawyers People educated at St. Patrick's College, Wellington People from the West Coast, New Zealand