| Basil Church | |
| Birth Date: | October 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Kettering, Northamptonshire, England |
| Death Date: | 31 January 1881 (age 31) |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Year1: | 1871/72 |
| Date: | 7 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36699.html ESPNcricinfo |
Basil Church (October 1849 - 31 January 1881) was an English-born cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago in the 1871–72 New Zealand season.[1] [2]
Church was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire in England in 1849, the only son of a Church of England clergyman. He worked as a schoolteacher.[3] [4] His only first-class match was a December 1871 fixture against Canterbury which Otago lost heavily. He scored three runs, 1 in his first innings and 2 not out in the second. This was the only match played in New Zealand during the season which has been given retrospective first-class status.[5]