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Jack Dunning
Full Name:John Angus Dunning
Birth Date:6 February 1903
Birth Place:Ōmaha, New Zealand
Death Place:Adelaide, South Australia
International:true
Internationalspan:1933–1937
Country:New Zealand
Testdebutagainst:England
Testdebutdate:31 March
Testdebutyear:1933
Testcap:26
Lasttestdate:14 August
Lasttestagainst:England
Lasttestyear:1937
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Otago
Club2:Oxford University
Year2:1928
Club3:Auckland
Year3:1928/29
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:4
Runs1:38
Bat Avg1:7.59
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:19
Deliveries1:830
Wickets1:5
Bowl Avg1:98.59
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/35
Catches/Stumpings1:2/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:60
Runs2:1,057
Bat Avg2:13.04
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:45
Deliveries2:15,379
Wickets2:228
Bowl Avg2:27.58
Fivefor2:15
Tenfor2:2
Best Bowling2:6/42
Catches/Stumpings2:34/–
Date:1 April
Year:2017
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36842.html Cricinfo

John Angus Dunning (6 February 1903 – 24 June 1971) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1933 and 1937 and 60 first-class matches from the 1923–24 to 1937–38 seasons. He later became a headmaster in Australia.[1] [2]

Academic and teaching career

Dunning was born at Ōmaha and educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, later graduating MSc (Honours) in mathematics at the University of Otago. He was New Zealand's Rhodes Scholar in 1925 and, studying at New College, Oxford, he obtained his MA in mathematics.[2] [3] [4]

He taught at John McGlashan College, Dunedin, from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1939; he was also sports master. He was recruited to the headmastership of Scots College, Warwick, in Queensland from 1939 to 1949 and Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, from 1949 to 1969, where he was said to exhibit "Scottish carefulness".[3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours.[5]

Dunning died suddenly at Adelaide in South Australia in June 1971, aged 68, survived by his wife and two daughters.[6] Obituaries were published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1971 and in Wisden the following year.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/613/613.html Jack Dunning
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 47. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  3. News: International Review of Scottish Studies . Malcolm. Prentis. 2008 . 26 . Minister and Dominie: Creating an Australasian Scottish World? . 33.
  4. News: Star . 8 November 1924 . 12 . Rhodes Scholar: Mr. J. A. Dunning's Career. LV . 266.
  5. Commonwealth Relations Honours List. The Canberra Times. 1 January 1965. 4. 18 November 2017.
  6. Death . Canberra Times . 28 June 1971 . 15 .