John Monck | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1845 |
Birth Place: | Reading, England |
Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Date: | 17 October 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37938.html Cricinfo |
John Stanley Monck (28 February 1845 - 3 September 1929) was a New Zealand farmer and cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Canterbury in 1873/74.[1]
He was the second son of John Bligh Monck of Coley Park, and was educated at Bradfield College, Berkshire in England, from 1858 to 1861.[2] [3] In 1863 he travelled to New Zealand.[3] In 1869 he bought the farm at Moncks Bay, near Christchurch, and was there for 40 years.[4]