John Ramsden (29 September 1878 – 12 August 1973) was a New Zealand

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er and cricket administrator. He played ten first-class matches for

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between the 1909–10 season and 1914–15.John Ramsden

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. Retrieved 22 May 2016.John Ramsden
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in Australia in 1878 and played club cricket in both Victoria and

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before moving to

in New Zealand.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 109. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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'', volume CXIII, issue 33304, 15 August 1973, p. 14.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 December 2023.) He played for Carisbrook Cricket club in

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and in March 1910 made his senior representative debut for Otago, opening the batting against the touring Australians at Carisbrook. After being run out for a single run in his first innings, Ramsden scored three in his second. He went on to play nine more top-level matches for the provincial side, playing in all of Otago's matches in the following three seasons and two in 1914–15. In total Ramsden scored 189 runs in first-class cricket and took 23 wickets. His highest score, and only half-century, of 74

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came against

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in 1912–13. His best

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of four wickets for the cost of nine runs came against the same side during the previous season. Ramsden later moved to

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where he worked as an importer of tea. He was a life member of both Carisbrook Cricket Club and Christchurch Golf Club and served on the

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between 1930 and 1947. He died at Christchurch in August 1973 aged 94. An obituary was published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack'' later in the year.

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