Ian Colquhoun
Ian Alexander Colquhoun QSM (8 June 1924 – 26 February 2005) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two Tests for his country in the 1950s.
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| Full name | Ian Alexander Colquhoun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1924 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 February 2005 (aged 80) Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 68) | 11 March 1955 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 March 1955 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and family
Born in Wellington on 8 June 1924, Colquhoun was the son of Gladys and Campbell Alexander Colquhoun.[1] He was educated at Rongotai College, and then studied at Wellington and Dunedin Teachers' Colleges.[1]
In 1949, Colquhoun married Betty Ellen Petley.[1]
Career
Colquhoun was a wicketkeeper and a useful lower-order right-handed batsman who came late to first-class cricket, not making his debut for Central Districts until he was 29. A year later, he was in the New Zealand Test team for the two matches against Len Hutton's 1954-55 England team, fresh from retaining the Ashes. England won both matches fairly comfortably and in the second, at Auckland, New Zealand were dismissed for 26, which remains the lowest-ever total by a Test match side. Colquhoun's own distinction in this second match was to be dismissed first ball in each innings by Bob Appleyard; each time, Alex Moir, who also failed to score in either innings, prevented the hat-trick.
Colquhoun continued to keep wicket for Central Districts until 1963-64, when he retired. He also played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup from 1952 to 1963.
Colquhoun was a teacher at Palmerston North Boys' High School, and also a rugby triallist for the All Blacks. In the 1985 New Year Honours, he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.[2]
References
- Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 104. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- "No. 49970". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 3.