John Stanley Monck (28 February 1845 – 3 September 1929) was a New Zealand farmer and
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 str ...
er. He played in one
first-class match for
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a 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.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
in 1873/74.
He was the second son of John Bligh Monck of Coley Park, and was educated at
Bradfield College
Bradfield College, formally St Andrew's College, Bradfield, is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 11–18, located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is note ...
,
Berkshire in England, from 1858 to 1861.
In 1863 he travelled to New Zealand.
In 1869 he bought the farm at
Moncks Bay
Moncks Bay is a south-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
The first European owner of in Moncks Bay was George Heath, who arrived in Lyttelton in March 1851 on the ''Isabella Hercus''. He also had of land on the hills behind. Heath s ...
, near
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 Rive ...
, and was there for 40 years.
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1845 births
1929 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Canterbury cricketers
Cricketers from Reading, Berkshire
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