William Salmon (cricketer)

William Joseph Salmon (29 May 1846 – 25 October 1907) was a businessman and first-class cricketer in New Zealand.

William Salmon

Personal information
Full name	William Joseph Salmon
Born	29 May 1846 Sydney, Australia
Died	25 October 1907 (aged 61) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1873-74 to 1884-85, 1886-87 to 1889-90	Wellington
1885-86	Hawke's Bay
1891-92	Taranaki
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 235 Batting average 11.19 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 50 Balls bowled Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 7/3
Source: Cricinfo, 20 May 2017

Personal life

Salmon was born in Sydney. He moved to New Zealand with his parents in 1864 and was apprenticed to the drapery trade.[1]

He worked as a commercial traveller for the Kaiapoi Woollen Company for the last 23 years of his life, and also managed the company's Wellington branch. When travelling he returned on most weekends to Wellington, where he was a keen lawn bowler. He died suddenly of heart failure at the age of 61 while at work in Palmerston North. He left a wife, Sarah, and a grown-up family of two sons and a daughter.[2]

Cricket career

He played cricket, as a batsman who usually opened the innings and sometimes kept wicket, for Wellington from 1873 to 1889, and also represented Hawke's Bay in 1886 and Taranaki in 1892.

For Wellington against Nelson in March 1885, he and Joseph Firth put on 100 for the first wicket in the second innings, the first century stand made by Wellington batsmen for any wicket.[3][4]

References

1. "Death of Mr. W. J. Salmon". Evening Post. LXXIV (101). 25 October 1907. p. 8.
2. "Died in Harness". Manawatu Times. 26 October 1907. p. 5.
3. "Wellington v Nelson 1884-85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
4. Free Lance (Wellington), 30 December 1914, p. 19.

External links

• William Salmon at ESPNcricinfo
• William Salmon at CricketArchive (subscription required)