Jeremiah Mahoney (cricketer)

Jeremiah John Mahoney (26 July 1880 – 1 August 1966) was an Australian-born cricketer who played four times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Jeremiah Mahoney
Personal information
Full nameJeremiah John Mahoney
Born(1880-07-26)26 July 1880
Sydney, Australia
Died1 August 1966(1966-08-01) (aged 86)
Sydney
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper-batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902–03 to 1911–12Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 1053
Batting average 25.07
100s/50s 0/5
Top score 84
Balls bowled 54
Wickets 1
Bowling average 55.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/34
Catches/stumpings 16/4
Source: CricketArchive, 24 January 2017

Mahoney played as a batsman and occasional wicket-keeper for Wellington from 1902–03 to 1911–12. After top-scoring with 40 not out in a Wellington total of 140 against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03,[1] he was selected to play in both the matches New Zealand played against Lord Hawke's XI. In the second match he scored 27 (the second-top score) and 24 (top score) in an innings defeat.[2]

Against Canterbury in 1906–07 he hit his highest score so far when he made 63 not out, the top score in the match, in the second innings.[3] He was again selected for both of New Zealand's matches later that season, against the touring MCC side. In the first match, batting at number six, he scored 71 not out, adding 82 with the last two batsmen to take New Zealand's total to 207.[4] His 214 runs at an average of 42.80 made him one of the leading batsmen of the season.[5]

In his two matches in 1907–08 he scored 209 runs at 69.66, again putting him near the top of the national averages,[6] and made his highest score of 84, the top score in the match, in Wellington's victory over Otago.[7]

According to Dan Reese, who played with him in three of his matches for New Zealand, Mahoney was a stubborn batsman and "was a little deaf and took a lot of watching in running singles, or the last run from a hit to the outfield".[8]

References
  1. "Wellington v Lord Hawke's XI 1902–03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 43–44.
  3. "Canterbury v Wellington 1906–07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. Neely & Payne, pp. 48–50.
  5. "Batting in New Zealand for 1906–07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. "Batting in New Zealand for 1907–08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. "Wellington v Otago 1907–08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. Dan Reese, Was It All Cricket?, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 148.
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