David Weston (cricketer)

David Weston
Personal information
Full name
David Lynley Weston
Born(1930-07-30)30 July 1930
Whangārei, New Zealand
Died25 January 1977(1977-01-25) (aged 46)
Rotorua, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsLyn Weston (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950/51Auckland
Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2016

David Lynley Weston (30 July 1930 – 25 January 1977) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played one first-class cricket match for Auckland during the 1950–51 season.[1][2] and played representative rugby union for the Auckland Rugby Football Union.

Weston was born at Whangārei in 1930, the son of former All Black and Auckland rugby footballer Lyn Weston. He was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School before going up to studt engineering at Auckland University.[3][4][5] He played both rugby and cricket at school and university, playing representative schools rugby for Auckland and coming into the Auckland age-group cricket side for Brabin Cup matches in 1948–49. Later in 1949 he made his full representative rugby debut for Auckland, playing as first five-eighth for the team, the same position his father had played.[3][4] He playing for the provincial side against the touring British Lions in 1950 was a reserve for the fourth Test match later in the season, although he did not win an All Black cap.[4][6][7]

As a cricketer, Weston played as a batsman. He impressed English professional Joe Hardstaff who coached Auckland during the 1948–49 season, and was considered as the most promising of Auckland's young batsmen.[8] He played for the Auckland B team during the 1949–50 season before making his only first-class appearance for the representative cricket side the following year, scoring nine runs against Wellington in December 1950.[9] He was twelfth man for the side's following match against Otago.[10]

Weston worked as an engineer in Rotorua and played cricket for Bay of Plenty during the 1950s.[2] He died at Rotorua in 1977 aged 46.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b David Weston, CricInfo. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b David Weston, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b Like father, like son, Northern Advocate, 31 August 1949, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)
  4. ^ a b c Neazor P Lyn Weston #213, All Blacks. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 138. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  6. ^ Heavy defeat, Otago Daily Times, issue 27449, 24 July 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)
  7. ^ Fourth rugby Test, The Press, vol. LXXXVI, issue 26169, 20 July 1950, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)
  8. ^ Whangarei Colt Weston Impresses Hardstaff, Northern Advocate, 12 March 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)
  9. ^ David Weston scores 81, Northern Advocate, 29 December 1949, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)
  10. ^ Shield cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 27584, 29 December 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.)


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