Nessie Snedden

Nessie Snedden
Snedden in 1931
Personal information
Full name
Andrew Nesbit Colin Snedden
Born(1892-04-03)3 April 1892
Auckland, New Zealand
Died27 September 1968(1968-09-27) (aged 76)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909/10–1927/28Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 49
Runs scored 2,492
Batting average 30.02
100s/50s 2/14
Top score 139
Balls bowled 4,857
Wickets 95
Bowling average 26.33
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/13
Catches/stumpings 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2018

Andrew Nesbit Colin "Nessie" Snedden (3 April 1892 – 27 September 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland between 1909 and 1928,[1][2] and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.[1]

Cricket career

At the time of his first-class debut at the age of 17 in December 1909, Snedden was the youngest player to represent Auckland.[3] His highest first-class score was 139, which he made when captaining Auckland against Hawke's Bay in 1920–21; in the same match he also took 5 for 13 (his best bowling figures) and 2 for 21, and Auckland won by an innings and 354 runs.[4] He scored his other first-class century against Otago in 1925–26, when Auckland needed 271 for victory and he scored 131 not out, making the winning hit with a four to take Auckland to victory by five wickets.[5]

Snedden toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14. He was the last player to dismiss Victor Trumper in first-class cricket: leg before wicket for 81 in Australia's victory over New Zealand at Eden Park on 28 March 1914.[6]

He captained Auckland from 1919–20 to 1923–24, and captained New Zealand in two matches against the touring MCC team in 1922-23. For most of the period between 1922 and 1937 he was a national selector.[1]

Personal life

Snedden was born in Auckland and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He became a law clerk, then a solicitor, taking a partnership in the Auckland firm of Wake, Anderson and Snedden in 1919.[7] He married Alice McDonnell in Auckland in April 1917.[8] He served overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I as a lieutenant.[9] Wake, Anderson and Snedden was dissolved in 1925 and he continued in the partnership Anderson and Snedden.[10]

His son Colin Snedden and grandson Martin Snedden played Test cricket for New Zealand. His brother Cyril and another son, Warwick, also played first-class cricket in New Zealand, as has Martin's son Michael Snedden. Cyril was also President of the New Zealand Rugby League.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nessie Snedden". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Nessie Snedden". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ Touchline (1 January 1910). "Cricket". New Zealand Free Lance: 20.
  4. ^ "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1920-21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "The Plunket Shield: Auckland Defeats Otago". New Zealand Herald: 6. 6 January 1926.
  6. ^ "New Zealand v Australia 1913-14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Legal Notices". New Zealand Herald: 14. 16 July 1919.
  8. ^ "Marriages". New Zealand Herald: 1. 14 May 1917.
  9. ^ "Nesbit Colin Snedden". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Legal Notices". Auckland Star: 16. 14 January 1925.
  11. ^ "Mr. A. N. Snedden". Auckland Star: 3. 16 September 1929.