David Collins (New Zealand cricketer)

David Collins

Personal information
Full name	David Charles Collins
Born	1 October 1887(1887-10-01) Wellington, New Zealand
Died	2 January 1967(1967-01-02) (aged 79) Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Occasional wicket-keeper
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	53
Runs scored	2,604
Batting average	29.59
100s/50s	6/9
Top score	172
Balls bowled	1,486
Wickets	32
Bowling average	27.18
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	4/10
Catches/stumpings	33/1
Source: [1], 1 May 2009

Dr David Charles Collins (1 October 1887 – 2 January 1967) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 53 first-class matches between 1905–06 and 1926–27, the bulk of these being for Wellington in New Zealand and Cambridge University in England; he won a blue for Cambridge and headed their batting averages in 1910.^[1]

After leaving Cambridge, he returned to New Zealand, where his most successful years were with Wellington in the 1920s. It was during this decade that he scored four of his six first-class centuries, including the largest (and his last), 172 against Auckland in the 1924–25 Plunket Shield.^[2]

Collins represented New Zealand during the MCC tour of 1922–23. At Christchurch he scored 102,^[3] while at the Basin Reserve, as captain, he hit a second-innings 69.^[4]

His father William Collins and his uncle John Collins had brief first-class careers.

Notes

1. ^ Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1928.
2. ^ "Auckland v Wellington in 1924/25". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11404.html. Retrieved 1 May 2009. 
3. ^ "New Zealand v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1922/23". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10673.html. Retrieved 1 May 2009. 
4. ^ "New Zealand v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1922/23". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10683.html. Retrieved 1 May 2009. 

References

• Player Profile: David Collins from CricketArchive
• Player profile: David Collins from ESPNcricinfo

Persondata
Name	Collins, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 October 1887
Place of birth	Wellington
Date of death	2 January 1967
Place of death	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty