David Collins New Zealand Cricketer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Oct 01, 1887 Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Died on 02 Jan 1967 (aged 79)

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About David Collins New Zealand Cricketer

  • 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.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.Collins represented New Zealand during the MCC tour of 1922–23.
  • At Christchurch he scored 102, while at the Basin Reserve, as captain, he hit a second-innings 69.His father William Collins and his uncle John Collins had brief first-class careers.
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  • Collins held the world batting record for 116 years to January 2016 for his innings of 628 not out.
  • His daughter Susie Collins was the New Zealand women's golf champion in the 1930s.

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