Richard William Dalgleish (1880 – 16 September 1955) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of
first-class cricket for
Hawke's Bay in 1907 and 1908.
Dick Dalgleish was born in Scotland, and his family moved to New Zealand in 1893. His father, one of the proprietors of the
Timaru Woollen Mills, died in June 1900 after falling from a train near
Palmerston.
When
the touring Lord Hawke's XI played a
South Canterbury XVIII at Timaru in February 1903, Dalgleish took five wickets in each innings for South Canterbury. In February 1904 he took 7 for 34 (including a
hat-trick) and 7 for 79 when South Canterbury beat
Canterbury by seven wickets at
Lancaster Park.
For Hawke's Bay, in his second first-class match, against
Wellington in 1907-08, Dalgleish took 3 for 20 and 5 for 49. He later served as secretary and treasurer of the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association, secretary of the Napier Amateur Boxing Association, and was the organising secretary of the New Zealand Golf Championships held in
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
in 1919.
Dalgleish married Nita Kelly in
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
on 23 December 1908.
They had one daughter. Nita died in 1948, Dick in 1955.
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References
External links
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Dick Dalgleish
at CricketArchive
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1880 births
1955 deaths
Sportspeople from Galashiels
Cricketers from the Scottish Borders
Hawke's Bay cricketers
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand cricketers
New Zealand sports executives and administrators