Andrew Labatt

Andrew Labatt (1 March 1869 27 April 1922) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Auckland between 1888 and 1898.[1]

Andrew Labatt
Andrew Labatt in 1899
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Brennan Mountjoye Labatt
Born(1869-03-01)1 March 1869
Lambeth, England
Died27 April 1922(1922-04-27) (aged 53)
Auckland, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1887-88 to 1895-96Canterbury
1897-98Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 21
Runs scored 566
Batting average 15.29
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 57
Balls bowled
Wickets 41
Bowling average 18.36
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/17
Catches/stumpings 30/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 February 2019

Early life and cricket career

Labatt was born in London. His father was a clergyman in Swindon, Wiltshire. He attended several schools, finally St Edward's School, Oxford, where he was prominent in sport, before moving to New Zealand in 1887.[2]

Labatt was a middle-order batsman and a bowler who sometimes opened the attack. He was short of stature, "handsome and debonair", and a fine slips fieldsman.[3] He played for Canterbury soon after arriving in New Zealand. In his second first-class match, in January 1889, he opened the bowling against Otago and bowled throughout the first innings, taking 5 for 17 as Otago were dismissed for 47.[4] In his next match, against Wellington in December 1889, he made the highest score in a low-scoring match with 47 in the first innings.[5]

When New South Wales toured New Zealand in 1893-94 they were undefeated in their first three first-class matches, but when they played Canterbury, Labatt made 42 and took five wickets in an innings victory for Canterbury.[6] He was included in the team a few days later for New Zealand's first first-class representative match, against New South Wales in Christchurch. New Zealand lost heavily, but Labatt top-scored in the second innings with 17.[7] He also played the next time New Zealand played New South Wales, in 1895-96. This time he was more successful in the field, with four fine catches, and New Zealand won by 142 runs.[8][3]

He moved to Auckland a few weeks after the match against New South Wales, and played two matches for Auckland in 1897-98, captaining the team in his last match.[9][10]

Later life

Labatt married Gertrude Constance Rowe, whose father was also an English clergyman, in Auckland in March 1896.[11] He worked in Auckland as an accountant.[12]

He served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I.[12] He was on the permanent medical staff of the transport ship RMS Tahiti in 1918 when an outbreak of Spanish influenza caused high mortality amongst the troops on board.[2]

When he died in 1922 Gertrude survived him, along with four sons and a daughter.[2]

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See also

References

  1. "Andrew Labatt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. "Obituary". Evening Star. 2 May 1922. p. 6.
  3. R.T. Brittenden, Great Days in New Zealand Cricket, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, pp. 21–26.
  4. "Canterbury v Otago 1888-89". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. "Canterbury v Wellington 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. "Canterbury v New South Wales 1893-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. "New Zealand v New South Wales 1893-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. "New Zealand v New South Wales 1895-96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. Dark Blue (8 February 1896). "Cricket chat". Press: 9.
  10. "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. "Marriages". Star: 2. 20 March 1896.
  12. "Andrew Mountjoy Labatt". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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