Eric Dempster
Eric William Dempster MBE (25 January 1925 – 15 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1953 to 1954.
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| Full name | Eric William Dempster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1925 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 2011 (aged 86) Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 62) | 13 March 1953 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 February 1954 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1947-48 to 1960-61 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
A left-arm spinner and useful lower-order batsman, Dempster played for Wellington from 1947-48 to 1960-61. His best first-class bowling figures of 5 for 46 came in the match against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1953-54, and he scored his only century, 105, for Wellington against Canterbury at Wellington in 1956-57.
International career
He made his Test debut in the Second Test against South Africa in Auckland in 1952-53, and toured South Africa the following season, playing in four of the five Tests. His best performance in Tests was in the Fourth Test in 1953-54 in Johannesburg, when he made 21 not out batting at number eight in the first innings then, when New Zealand followed on, he opened and top-scored with 47 in the second innings.[1]
After cricket
He became an umpire and officiated in several of Otago's home first-class and one-day matches from 1971-72 to 1979-80. He also umpired three One Day International matches in Dunedin and Christchurch between 1973-74 and 1975-76.[2]
In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Dempster was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the disabled and cricket.[3] He worked in Dunedin as the manager of the artificial limb service which was attached to Dunedin Hospital.[4]
Dempster died in Dunedin on 15 August 2011,[5] and his ashes were buried at Green Park Cemetery.[6]
References
- South Africa v New Zealand, Johannesburg, 1953-54
- Eric Dempster umpiring
- London Gazette (supplement), No. 50553, 13 June 1986. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- Wisden 2012, p. 190.
- "Cemeteries search – cremation". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Cemeteries search – burial". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 23 October 2016.