| Wilf Haskell | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Wilfred John Raymond Haskell |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Karachi, British India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Family: | Sacha Haskell (daughter) |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 16 |
| Runs1: | 182 |
| Bat Avg1: | 13.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 35 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,778 |
| Wickets1: | 40 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 19.92 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/6 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
| Date: | 10 January |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22069/22069.html CricketArchive |
Wilfred John Raymond Haskell (born 12 December 1936) is an Indian-born New Zealand former cricketer, schoolteacher and a sports historian.
Wilf Haskell was born in Karachi, where his father was a missionary and schoolteacher. In the 1940s the family moved to Nelson, where Wilf attended Nelson College.[1]
An accurate medium-fast bowler, Haskell made his first-class cricket debut for Wellington in 1955–56, but did not establish himself in the team until 1967–68. In the first match of the 1967–68 season, against Otago, he took 6 for 6 off 16 overs to dismiss Otago for 85 in the second innings and give Wellington victory by 149 runs.[2]
He became a schoolteacher, teaching at a number of schools in New Zealand, and finally, from 1980 to 1998, at Wellington College. Since he retired from teaching he has written sports history.[1]