George Samuel Sale | |||||||||||||||
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Born |
Rugby, Warwickshire, England | 17 May 1831||||||||||||||
Died | 25 December 1922 London, England | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Margaret Fortune (
m. 1874) | ||||||||||||||
Academic work | |||||||||||||||
Discipline | Classics | ||||||||||||||
Institutions |
Trinity College, Cambridge University of Otago | ||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1863/64–1864/65 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
CricketArchive, 15 September 2022 |
George Samuel Sale (17 May 1831 – 25 December 1922) was a New Zealand station manager, cricketer, newspaper editor, goldminer, public administrator and university professor.
Sale was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, in 1831. [1] He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University ( Trinity College), [2] where he won the Members Latin Prize. [3] He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1856, and in 1857 he began lecturing at Trinity in Classics. [4]
Sale went to New Zealand in 1860 for health reasons. [4] In May 1861 he became the first editor of The Press in Christchurch, but later that year he want to the Otago goldfields to take up mining. [4]
In January 1864 he played in the first match of first-class cricket ever played in New Zealand, top-scoring for Canterbury with 15 not out against Otago. [5] In the second first-class match, a year later, he was top-scorer in Canterbury's first innings with 16. [6]
In July 1864, Sale was appointed Treasurer of Canterbury Province. [7] He was a member of the County of Westland, representing the Hokitika riding from 10 December 1868 to 16 April 1869. [8]
When the University of Otago was established in 1870 he was one of the three foundation professors, [1] specialising in Classics, particularly Greek and Latin. [3] He remained in that position until he resigned at the end of 1907. [4] He returned to England after he retired, and died in London in December 1922, aged 91. [9]
He married a Canadian, Margaret Fortune, in Kaitangata in June 1874. [10] They had two sons and two daughters. [4]
Sale Street in Hokitika is named in Sale's honour. [11]
George Samuel Sale | |||||||||||||||
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Born |
Rugby, Warwickshire, England | 17 May 1831||||||||||||||
Died | 25 December 1922 London, England | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Margaret Fortune (
m. 1874) | ||||||||||||||
Academic work | |||||||||||||||
Discipline | Classics | ||||||||||||||
Institutions |
Trinity College, Cambridge University of Otago | ||||||||||||||
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1863/64–1864/65 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
CricketArchive, 15 September 2022 |
George Samuel Sale (17 May 1831 – 25 December 1922) was a New Zealand station manager, cricketer, newspaper editor, goldminer, public administrator and university professor.
Sale was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, in 1831. [1] He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University ( Trinity College), [2] where he won the Members Latin Prize. [3] He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1856, and in 1857 he began lecturing at Trinity in Classics. [4]
Sale went to New Zealand in 1860 for health reasons. [4] In May 1861 he became the first editor of The Press in Christchurch, but later that year he want to the Otago goldfields to take up mining. [4]
In January 1864 he played in the first match of first-class cricket ever played in New Zealand, top-scoring for Canterbury with 15 not out against Otago. [5] In the second first-class match, a year later, he was top-scorer in Canterbury's first innings with 16. [6]
In July 1864, Sale was appointed Treasurer of Canterbury Province. [7] He was a member of the County of Westland, representing the Hokitika riding from 10 December 1868 to 16 April 1869. [8]
When the University of Otago was established in 1870 he was one of the three foundation professors, [1] specialising in Classics, particularly Greek and Latin. [3] He remained in that position until he resigned at the end of 1907. [4] He returned to England after he retired, and died in London in December 1922, aged 91. [9]
He married a Canadian, Margaret Fortune, in Kaitangata in June 1874. [10] They had two sons and two daughters. [4]
Sale Street in Hokitika is named in Sale's honour. [11]