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David Weston

1930 – 1977

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Lived 1930 – 1977 (aged 46). David Weston was a New Zealand cricketer.

David Lynley Weston (30 July 1930 – 25 January 1977) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played one first-class cricket match for Auckland during the 1950–51 season. and played representative rugby union for the Auckland Rugby Football Union.

Weston was born at Whangārei in 1930, the son of former All Black and Auckland rugby footballer Lyn Weston. He was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School before going up to studt engineering at Auckland University. He played both rugby and cricket at school and university, playing representative schools rugby for Auckland and coming into the Auckland age-group cricket side for Brabin Cup matches in 1948–49. Later in 1949 he made his full representative rugby debut for Auckland, playing as first five-eighth for the team, the same position his father had played.

As a cricketer, Weston played as a batsman. He impressed English professional Joe Hardstaff who coached Auckland during the 1948–49 season, and was considered as the most promising of Auckland's young batsmen. He played for the Auckland B team during the 1949–50 season before making his only first-class appearance for the representative cricket side the following year, scoring nine runs against Wellington in December 1950. He was twelfth man for the side's following match against Otago.

Weston worked as an engineer in Rotorua and played cricket for Bay of Plenty during the 1950s. He died at Rotorua in 1977 aged 46.

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Who was David Weston?

cricketer (1930-1977)

When was David Weston born?

David Weston was born on 30 July 1930 in Whangārei.

When did David Weston die?

David Weston died on 25 January 1977 in Rotorua.

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David Weston was a cricketer.

What nationality was David Weston?

David Weston was New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: David Weston

· Wikidata: Q24846064

· DBpedia: David Weston (cricketer)

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