John Powell (cricketer)

John Llewellyn Powell (21 March 1904 – 30 November 1959) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1928 to 1933.

John Powell
Personal information
Full nameJohn Llewellyn Powell
Born(1904-03-21)21 March 1904
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died30 November 1959(1959-11-30) (aged 55)
Prebbleton, Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928–29 to 1932–33Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 406
Batting average 36.90
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 164
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2017

A specialist batsman who played for Canterbury and went in late in the order, Powell established a New Zealand seventh-wicket record in 1930 that still stands. Canterbury and Otago went into their final game of the 1929–30 Plunket Shield season at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, equal at the bottom of the table with no victories, so the match would decide who finished last. Otago batted first and made 172 off 71.2 overs. Canterbury replied more positively and were 226 for 5 when stumps were drawn at the fall of the fifth wicket.[1] Powell began his innings at the beginning of the second day, and was soon joined by Neil Dorreen when the sixth wicket fell at 239.

Powell and Dorreen put on 265 for the seventh wicket in about two hours. Powell was out for 164 in 130 minutes after reaching his century in 110 minutes. The pair took the score from 300 to 500 in 85 minutes. The Christchurch paper The Press reported that "[Powell's] scoring strokes had a punch behind them that is rarely seen in representative cricket". He survived several missed catches and stumpings. "On the whole it was a delightful mixture of sound and orthodox batting and forceful hitting, in which risks were taken."[2] Canterbury declared at 523 for 7, made off 106 overs, and dismissed Otago for 124, winning by an innings and 227 runs inside two days.[1]

References
  1. "Canterbury v Otago 1929–30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. "An Innings Victory". Press. LXVI (19867). 3 March 1930. p. 16.
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