Victor Nicholson Explained

Victor Nicholson
Fullname:Victor Rylands Nicholson
Birth Date:25 August 1892
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Death Place:Maungaturoto, New Zealand
Date:19 May 2016
Source:ESPNcricinfo

Victor Rylands Nicholson (25 August 1892  - 11 April 1946) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago in 1914/15.[1]

Nicholson was educated at the Otago Boys' High School and Otago Medical School and worked as a surgeon at the Auckland Hospital.[2] In 1928, he moved to England to work as a surgeon in Coventry, returning to New Zealand in 1945, where he worked as the superintendent of the Nurse Cavell Memorial Hospital in Paparoa.[3] On 11 April 1946, Nicholson was travelling as a passenger in a truck from Pahi to Maungaturoto when the truck crashed into a creek near Maungaturoto. Another passenger managed to free the driver, but could not rescue Nicholson, who drowned in the truck.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victor Nicholson . 19 May 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. News: 19 July 1946 . Obituary . Evening Star . 26 January 2021.
  3. News: 12 April 1946 . Paparoa Doctor Drowned: Lorry Plunged Into Creek . Northern Advocate . 26 January 2021.