Jocelyn Arthur Kallender (13 February 1870 – 7 October 1953) was a New Zealand

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er, playing 12 first-class matches for

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between 1893 and 1904. He also won the

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at the New Zealand national athletics championships in 1897.

Biography

Kallender was born in

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, England, on 13 February 1870, and was baptised in the parish of

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on 16 April that year. His parents were Katherine Cicelia Kallender and George Kallender, a major in the

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. As a child, Kallender lived in India with his parents, and he moved to New Zealand in 1892. Kallender worked at the

branch of the

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for 32 years until his retirement in 1928. On 14 January 1929, Kallender married Dorothea Mabel Takle (née Gribble) in Auckland. Kallender died in Auckland on 7 October 1953, and he was buried at Purewa Cemetery. His widow, Dorothea, died in 1957.

Cricket

Kallender stood six feet three and a half inches tall and weighed 18 stone during his cricket career. He played 12 first-class matches for Auckland over as many seasons, from 1893/94 to 1904/05. A fast bowler, he took 16 wickets at an average of 21.12, with best bowling figures of 3 for 7. With the bat, he was reputedly the hardest hitter in New Zealand and a very fast scorer. He scored 389 runs in 22 innings, with a high score of 55 and an average of 18.52.

Other sports

At the 1897 New Zealand national athletics championships, Kallender won the hammer throw representing Auckland, with a best distance of . He also played both

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and

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, and was active in

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

before moving to New Zealand.

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Biography

Cricket

Other sports

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