Louis Joseph Joel (12 September 1864 – 6 May 1949) was a

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er who played for

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. He was born and died in

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. Lou Joel made a single first-class appearance for Otago, during the 1899–1900 season, against

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at the

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. Jack Harkness had been named in the side but was injured in an accident, and Joel, who was in Auckland on business, filled the gap on the second day of the match as a full substitute after Otago had batted one short in the first innings. In his only innings, batting at number 11, he scored 1

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. Joel was a stalwart of the Albion Cricket Club in Dunedin, playing for it for more than 25 years, including 10 years as captain of the First XI. He also supported it financially. He later served on the Otago Cricket Association, including some time as president. Joel's father was prominent Otago brewer and businessman,

Maurice Joel Maurice Joel (1829 – 13 November 1907) was a prominent brewer and public figure in Dunedin, New Zealand. Joel was born in North Shields, in northern England, one of seven children of Prussian-born Trytle Joel and his wife Jane Grace Joel (née ...

, and his sister was the notable artist

Grace Joel Grace Jane Joel (28 May 1865–6 March 1924) was a New Zealand artist best known for her ability as a portraitist and figure painter. Early life Grace Joel was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 28 May 1865, the sixth of nine children. Her Englis ...

. Louis Joel married Lily Miller in October 1910. After retiring from cricket he co-founded a construction business with the McLellan brothers (William, James, and Duncan), which became one of the city's more successful companies. It was involved in the construction of many major civic structures in Otago and Southland, among them King Edward Technical College, Dunedin's

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, the Physics block of the University of Otago, and the former

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