Personal information | |
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Full name | Albertus David Eckhoff |
Born | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | 24 June 1875
Died | 1 April 1949 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 73)
Role | Bowler |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1899/00–1914/15 | Otago |
Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 8 May 2016 |
Albertus Eckhoff (24 June 1875 – 1 April 1949) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 15 first-class matches for Otago between the 1899–00 and 1914–15 seasons. [1]
Eckhoff was born at Dunedin in 1875. He worked as a blacksmith. [2] Principally a bowler, he made his representative debut for Otago against Wellington at the Basin Reserve as a late replacement for John Harkness, [3] although he did not take a wicket in the match and was generally considered not to be the best alternative available for Otago. [4] [5] Despite his performance, he retained his place for Otago's last representative match of the season, again due to other players being unavailable. [4]
In his 15 first-class matches Eckhoff took 21 wickets, with best figures of 6/21―figures from his second representative match, a performance which The Press called "sensational", commenting that although "he sent down a lot of loose stuff, he also bowled some really good balls"; [6] the Dunedin Evening Star's reporter was of the opinion that "he will do great things for Otago yet". [7] As a batsman he scored a total of 112 runs wit a highest score of 19. [8] He died suddenly at Wellington in 1949 aged 73. [1] [9]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Albertus David Eckhoff |
Born | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | 24 June 1875
Died | 1 April 1949 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 73)
Role | Bowler |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1899/00–1914/15 | Otago |
Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 8 May 2016 |
Albertus Eckhoff (24 June 1875 – 1 April 1949) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 15 first-class matches for Otago between the 1899–00 and 1914–15 seasons. [1]
Eckhoff was born at Dunedin in 1875. He worked as a blacksmith. [2] Principally a bowler, he made his representative debut for Otago against Wellington at the Basin Reserve as a late replacement for John Harkness, [3] although he did not take a wicket in the match and was generally considered not to be the best alternative available for Otago. [4] [5] Despite his performance, he retained his place for Otago's last representative match of the season, again due to other players being unavailable. [4]
In his 15 first-class matches Eckhoff took 21 wickets, with best figures of 6/21―figures from his second representative match, a performance which The Press called "sensational", commenting that although "he sent down a lot of loose stuff, he also bowled some really good balls"; [6] the Dunedin Evening Star's reporter was of the opinion that "he will do great things for Otago yet". [7] As a batsman he scored a total of 112 runs wit a highest score of 19. [8] He died suddenly at Wellington in 1949 aged 73. [1] [9]