William George Ditchfield (21 May 1903 – 21 March 1991) was a New Zealand musician and

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er. He played one

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match for

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in 1933/34. Ditchfield was born at

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in Australia in 1903. He worked as a window dresser and was a founder member of a "pioneering" New Zealand country and western band ''

The Tumbleweeds The Tumbleweeds, sometimes billed as Cole Wilson And His Tumbleweeds, were a New Zealand country and western group founded in Dunedin in 1949. The band are considered among the major pioneers of New Zealand country music. They were amongst the fi ...

'' in 1949, playing double bass, harmonica and banjo.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 43. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He had previously played in ''The Hawaiian Serenaders'' and was inspired to form ''The Tumbleweeds'' after hearing Myra Hewitt sing ''Maple On The Hill'', the song which became the groups best selling single with over 80,000 copies sold. The band were inducted into the New Zealand Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, and hand impressions in cement were added to

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's Gold Guitar Awards "Hands of Fame" walk in 1991.Hands of Fame induction
" ''goldguitars.co.nz''. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Ditchfield died at

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in 1991 and is buried in

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. Obituaries were published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack'' in 1992 and in '' Wisden'' in 1993.

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