Wilson Roziere Garrard (14 June 1899 – 2 June 1956) was a

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er who played

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from 1919 to 1925 and represented

in the days before New Zealand played

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Cricket career

Wilson Garrard made his first-class debut as Auckland's

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in 1918–19. For the next six seasons he and Richard Rowntree shared the wicket-keeping position for Auckland, as well as both playing for New Zealand. He made his highest score of 44 for Auckland against

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in 1924–25. Rowntree was unavailable for New Zealand's two matches against the touring

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later that season, and Garrard was selected for the second match, replacing James Condliffe. It was his last first-class match. Although Garrard usually played as a wicket-keeper, in a senior match for the University club in Auckland in March 1919 he bowled an

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with his left arm, another with his natural right arm, then a third with his left, taking a wicket in each over, for 13 runs.

Later life

Garrard gave up his first-class cricket career to concentrate on his law practice. In 1926 he moved to Rotorua and later to

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in the

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. He represented Waikato against the touring

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in 1927–28 and MCC in 1929–30. In December 1928 Garrard married Molly Fortune in Rotorua. In 1938 he was elected to the Cambridge Borough Council.''Auckland Star'', 19 May 1938, p. 12.

References

External links

Wilson Garrard at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrard, Wilson 1899 births 1956 deaths New Zealand cricketers Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers Auckland cricketers University of Auckland alumni 20th-century New Zealand lawyers Cricketers from Christchurch Wicket-keepers

Cricket career

Later life

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