George Samuel Sale

George Samuel Sale (17 May 1831 – 25 December 1922) was a New Zealand station manager, cricketer, newspaper editor, goldminer, public administrator and university professor.

Life and career Sale was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, in 1831. He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University (Trinity College), where he won the Members Latin Prize. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1856, and in 1857 he began lecturing at Trinity in classics.

Sale went to New Zealand in 1860 for health reasons. In the second first-class match, a year later, he was top-scorer in Canterbury's first innings with 16.

In July 1864, Sale was appointed Treasurer of Canterbury Province. He was a member of the County of Westland, representing the Hokitika riding from 10 December 1868 to 16 April 1869.

When the University of Otago was established in 1870 he was one of the three foundation professors,

He married a Canadian, Margaret Fortune, in Kaitangata in June 1874. They had four children (two sons and two daughters).