Andrew Nesbit Colin "Nessie" Snedden (3 April 1892 – 27 September 1968) was a New Zealand

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er. He played

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for

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between 1909 and 1928, and captained

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in the days before New Zealand played

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Cricket career

At the time of his first-class debut at the age of 17 in December 1909, Snedden was the youngest player to represent Auckland. His highest first-class score was 139, which he made when captaining Auckland against

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in 1920–21; in the same match he also took 5 for 13 (his best bowling figures) and 2 for 21, and Auckland won by an innings and 354 runs. He scored his other first-class century against Otago in 1925–26, when Auckland needed 271 for victory and he scored 131

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, making the winning hit with a

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to take Auckland to victory by five wickets. Snedden toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14. He was the last player to dismiss

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in first-class cricket:

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for 81 in

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victory over New Zealand at Eden Park on 28 March 1914. He captained Auckland from 1919–20 to 1923–24, and captained New Zealand in two matches against the touring MCC team in 1922-23. For most of the period between 1922 and 1937 he was a national selector.

Personal life

Snedden was born in

and educated at

Sacred Heart College, Auckland , motto_translation = Take Courage And Act Manfully , type = State-integrated Day & boarding Secondary school , religion = Roman Catholic Marist , gender = Boys-only , patr ...

. He became a law clerk, then a solicitor, taking a partnership in the Auckland firm of Wake, Anderson and Snedden in 1919. He married Alice McDonnell in Auckland in April 1917. He served overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in

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as a

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. Wake, Anderson and Snedden was dissolved in 1925 and he continued in the partnership Anderson and Snedden. His son

Colin Snedden Colin Alexander Snedden (7 January 1918 – 24 April 2011) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. His father, Nessie Snedden, and brother, Warwick Snedden, both played first-class cricket; Warwick's son, Martin Snedden, played in 25 Tests and 93 On ...

and grandson

Martin Snedden Martin Colin Snedden (born 23 November 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 25 cricket tests, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990. He was a member of New Zealand's seam bowling attack, alongside Richard Hadlee ...

played

for New Zealand. His brother

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and another son,

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, also played first-class cricket in New Zealand, as has Martin's son Michael Snedden. Cyril was also President of the

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