Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie (30 January 1868 – 3 July 1951) was a New Zealand

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who played two matches of

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29 years apart – one in 1891 and the other in 1920. He became a prominent cricket administrator and a

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lor in

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. He was twice deputy mayor: from 1929 to 1931, and again from 1936 to 1947.

Biography

Early life and career

Luckie was born on 30 January 1868 in

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. He worked as a barrister and solicitor in Wellington.

Cricket career

Luckie played first-class cricket for

in 1891 and 1920. He was primarily a left-arm slow bowler. He played lower grade cricket when his senior days were over and did not retire from active play until he was 70 years old. He later served as President of the Wellington Cricket Association. The

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named Martin Luckie Park in

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after him, which houses playing fields for both cricket and soccer.

Local politics

Luckie served two separate terms as a Wellington city councillor. In

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he won a seat on the council on a Citizens' League ticket which he was to hold until 1931 when he did not seek re-election as a councillor. That year he stood for

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as an independent against Thomas Hislop. He polled well but lost. In

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he made a return to local-body politics and spent another spell on the council until he retired in 1947. He stood for parliament as the Reform Party's candidate for the seat of

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in the 1928 general election. He came runner-up to

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who was likewise a city councillor.

Later life and death

In the 1948 Birthday Honours, Luckie was made an Officer of the

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. Luckie died in Wellington on 3 July 1951.

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