Graham Botting Explained

Graham Botting
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Graham Stuart Botting
Birth Date:27 June 1915
Birth Place:Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Death Place:Tūrangi, Waikato, New Zealand
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Central Districts
Club2:Otago
Year2:1953/54
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:27 January
Debutyear1:1949
Debutfor1:New Zealand XI
Debutagainst1:The Rest
Lastdate1:13 January
Lastyear1:1954
Lastfor1:Otago
Lastagainst1:Central Districts
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:16
Runs1:164
Bat Avg1:8.20
100S/50S1:0/0
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:24/14
Date:6 April
Year:2007
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/graham-botting-36486 Cricinfo

Graham Stuart Botting (27 June 1915 – 7 March 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer and hockey player. He was born at Dunedin in 1915 and was educated at Otago Boys High School.[1]

Botting was a wicket-keeper who played in the Plunket Shield for Central Districts from 1950–51 to 1952–53 and Otago in 1953–54. He made his first-class debut in January 1949, playing for a New Zealand XI in a trial match ahead of the selection of the New Zealand Test side. He did not play representative cricket for two more seasons, making his Central Districts debut in December 1950 against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. He also played for Nelson in the Hawke Cup from 1945–46 to 1952–53.[2] [3] He played 16 first-class matches, 12 of which were for Central Districts and three for Otago. Described as "a capable wicketkeeper with few pretensions with the bat", he scored a total of 164 runs and made 38 dismissals.[2] [3]

While playing hockey for Otago, Botting represented New Zealand against the visiting Indian team in 1938.[4] [5]

A schoolteacher, Botting taught at Nelson College.[1] [6] He died at Tūrangi in 2007 aged 91.[7] An obituary was published in the 2007 New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1]

Notes and References

  1. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 23. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21497/21497.html Graham Botting
  3. Web site: Williamson. Martin. Graham Botting . Cricinfo . 5 August 2024.
  4. Web site: New Zealand hockey representatives – men . https://web.archive.org/web/20150414234356/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/180814%20BSM%20Caps%2015%20Aug%2014.pdf . dead . 14 April 2015 . 15 August 2014 . Hockey New Zealand . 25 March 2016 .
  5. Second Hockey Test . Evening Post . 1 August 1938 . 5 .
  6. News: Romanos . Joseph . Wellingtonian interview: Wilf Haskell . 7 August 2022 . Dominion Post . Stuff . 19 May 2011.
  7. https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/graham-botting-36486 Graham Botting