Ian Hamilton Ching (25 November 1928 – 2 February 2006) was a New Zealand
cricketer
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 ...
who played
first-class cricket for
Central Districts from 1951 to 1955, and
Hawke Cup cricket for
Nelson from 1947 to 1960.
Ian Ching was a wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman. In Hawke Cup cricket he batted higher in the order. In 1958–59, when Nelson gained and held the Hawke Cup, he was the leading scorer in the competition with 286 runs at an average of 47.66. In 1950–51, in his first two first-class matches, he played as a batsman, taking part in Central Districts' first two first-class victories, though his contributions with the bat were modest, and he was discarded for the last match of the
Plunket Shield season.
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1928 births
2006 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Central Districts cricketers
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