Leonard Cuff Explained

Leonard Cuff
Fullname:Leonard Albert Cuff
Birth Date:28 March 1866
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Place:Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Family:Charles Cuff (cousin)
Club1:Canterbury
Club2:Auckland
Year2:1896/97
Club3:Tasmania
Year3:1903/04–1904/05
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:24
Runs1:964
Bat Avg1:22.95
100S/50S1:1/5
Top Score1:176
Deliveries1:1,206
Wickets1:29
Bowl Avg1:14.86
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:4/14
Catches/Stumpings1:17/–
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2822/2822.html CricketArchive
Date:17 September
Year:2014

Leonard Albert Cuff (28 March 1866 – 9 October 1954) was a sportsman and sports administrator from New Zealand. Born in Christchurch, Cuff was an all-round sportsman who excelled at both athletics and cricket, his most significant sporting association is as the 12th[1] (of 13) Founding Members of the International Olympic Committee, He was appointed to represent New Zealand and Australia from 1894 to 1905.[1] Cuff is credited with instigating the first athletics competitions between Australia and New Zealand, and inter-provincial competitions within New Zealand. He managed New Zealand's first tour of an international athletics team.[2] He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[3]

Biography

Cuff captained the first New Zealand national cricket team.[4] At the first-class level, he played for both Auckland and Canterbury and later for Tasmania. He also played rugby for Canterbury.

In athletics, Cuff won the New Zealand long jump title three times (1889, 1896 and 1897). In 1887, he was a founder and first Honorary Secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Cuff managed the five-man team (including himself) that went to England and France in 1892. In Paris, France he won a silver medal for hurdles at an International Athletics Meet.[5] He was also an amateur golfer, winning the Tasmanian Amateur championship in 1904.[6] Cuff died in Tasmania in 1954.[7]

The Leonard Cuff Medal was established in 2000 to award people for their contribution to olympism in New Zealand. John Davies was awarded the medal in 2003, but it has since been discontinued.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=2929 Leonard Cuff
  2. Web site: Forgotten Links: Leonard Cuff and The Olympic Movement in Australasia, 1894-1905. 10 July 2022. Michael Letters, Ian Jobling. 91–110. 1996.
  3. https://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/New-Zealand-Sports-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees/C/Leonard-Cuff
  4. Web site: Leonard Cuff (1866–1954). New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. 27 June 2012.
  5. Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications
  6. Web site: History & Honour Roll – Men's Tasmanian Open and Women's Tasmanian Open . Golf Australia . 18 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Leonard Cuff. ESPNcricinfo. 27 June 2012.
  8. Web site: Leonard A Cuff Medal. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 24 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100522091826/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzoc/leonard-cuff-medal. 22 May 2010.