Graham Botting
Personal information
Full name
Graham Stuart Botting
Born(1915-06-27)27 June 1915
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died7 March 2007(2007-03-07) (aged 91)
Tūrangi, Waikato, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950/51–1952/53Central Districts
1953/54Otago
FC debut27 January 1949 New Zealand XI v The Rest
Last FC13 January 1954 Otago v Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 16
Runs scored 164
Batting average 8.20
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 27*
Catches/stumpings 24/14
Source: Cricinfo, 6 April 2007

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 in a total of 16 first-class matches, 12 of which were for Central Districts and three for Otago. He scored a total of 164 runs and took 38 dismissals,[2] and has been described as "a capable wicketkeeper with few pretensions with the bat".[3]

While playing hockey for Otago he represented New Zealand in 1938.[4]

A schoolteacher, Botting taught at Nelson College.[1][5] He died at Tūrangi in 2007 aged 91.[6] An obituary was published in the 2007 New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 23. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  2. 1 2 Graham Botting, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023. (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 Williamson M at CricInfo, op. cit.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand hockey representatives – men" (PDF). Hockey New Zealand. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Romanos, Joseph (19 May 2011). "Wellingtonian interview: Wilf Haskell". Dominion Post. Stuff. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Graham Botting, CricInfo. Retrieved 29 May 2023.


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