Bruce Hamilton (22 October 1932 – 8 May 2020) was a New Zealand
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er and schoolteacher.
Life and career
Hamilton was born in
Wanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...
in October 1932, one of identical twins. He attended
Wanganui Collegiate School
Whanganui Collegiate School (formerly Wanganui Collegiate School; see here) is a state-integrated, coeducational, day and boarding, secondary school in Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. The school is affiliated to the Anglican c ...
and the
University of New Zealand
The University of New Zealand was New Zealand's sole degree-granting university from 1874 to 1961. It was a collegiate university embracing several constituent institutions at various locations around New Zealand. After it was dissolved in 196 ...
in
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
, where he earned an
MA (Hons) in English. He then taught at
Sydney Church of England Grammar School
, motto_translation =
, established =
, type = Independent single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
, grades = Early learning ...
and at
St John's School, Leatherhead
Seek those things which are above
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public SchoolIndependent school Co-educational day, weekly and flexi boarding
, religious_affiliation = Church of England
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, in
Surrey
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, before joining his twin brother Don on the staff of
Christ's College, Christchurch
Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Founded in 1850 by Reverend Henry Jacobs in Lyttelton as a school for early settlers, ...
.
In 1964 he became the inaugural deputy headmaster at the new
Rathkeale College in
Masterton
Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...
.
[ He remained there for the rest of his career, retiring in 1991.][
He played in one first-class match for Central Districts in 1953-54. In this match, although he made only five runs batting at No. 4, Central Districts beat ]Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour.
...
by five wickets to win their first ever Plunket Shield title.
Books
Hamilton wrote six histories of New Zealand schools.[ In two of them his co-author was his twin brother Don:
* ''Rathkeale: Rathkeale College History and Register, 1964–1988'' (1989)
* ''O Floreat Semper: The History of ]King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom:
*King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge
*King's College London, a constituent of the University of London
It ca ...
, 1896–1995'' (1995)
* ''Palmerston North Boys' High School
Palmerston North Boys' High School is a traditional boys school located in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Location
Palmerston North Boys' High School has a campus located on Featherston Street between Rangitikei and North Streets in the central ...
, 1902–2001'' (2001)
* ''Never a Footstep Back: A History of the Wanganui Collegiate School
Whanganui Collegiate School (formerly Wanganui Collegiate School; see here) is a state-integrated, coeducational, day and boarding, secondary school in Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. The school is affiliated to the Anglican c ...
, 1854–2003'' (2003, with Don Hamilton)
* ''A Venture in Faith: The history of St Paul's Collegiate School, 1959–2008'' (2008)
* ''The Owl Spreads Its Wings: The History of St Peter's School, 1936–2010'' (2011, with Don Hamilton)
See also
* List of Central Districts representative cricketers
References
External links
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1932 births
2020 deaths
People educated at Whanganui Collegiate School
University of New Zealand alumni
New Zealand cricketers
Central Districts cricketers
Cricketers from Whanganui
New Zealand schoolteachers
20th-century New Zealand historians
21st-century New Zealand historians