James Bernard Clark (25 September 1910 – 21 January 2003), known as Bernie Clark, was a New Zealand

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er. He played three first-class matches for

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between the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons. Clark was born at Dunedin in 1910 and educated at Otago Boys' High School.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 33. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. His father,

James Clark Baker James Clark Baker (13 November 1866 – 1 February 1939), also known as James Clark, was an English-born New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago between the 1889/90 and 1906/07 seasons. Baker was born at London in England ...

, played 41 first-class matches for Otago from 1889–90 to 1906–07. Clark played as a wicket-keeper in club cricket for the Old Boys side, making his First Grade club debut during the 1932–33 season. He was described as being "amongst the best wicket-keepers in Dunedin" who kept "soundly" and showed "great promise". Clark's batting was considered a strength and he made his debut for Otago against Wellington in the side's final Plunket Shield match of the 1933–34 season. Playing as the side's wicket-keeper, he scored 25 runs in the first innings of the match, his highest first-class score, and retained his place for the first two matches of the following season before losing his place to Francis Toomey for the final match of the 1934–35 season.Plunket Shield, '' Evening Star'', issue 21956, 16 February 1935, p. 8.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 17 June 2023.) He scored a total of 63 runs and took five catches in his three first-class matches.Bernie Clark
CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2021. Professionally, Clark worked as an

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. He died at Auckland in 2003 aged 92; following his death obituaries were published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack'' and by '' Wisden''.

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