Ivan Walsh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivan Alexander Walsh | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| Date of death | 12 May 2005 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Northern | |||
| International career | |||
| 1951 | New Zealand | 4 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ivan Alexander Walsh (29 December 1924 – 12 May 2005) was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level as a forward.[1]
Walsh was born at Dunedin in 1924 and was educated at the Christian Brothers School in the city.[2][3] He played soccer for the Northern Club in the city and by 1948 was playing for the Otago representative side.[4][5]
Walsh scored on his full New Zealand debut in a 6–4 win over New Caledonia on 22 September 1951[6] and ended his international playing career with four official A-international caps and four goals to his credit,[1][7] scoring a hat-trick in his final appearance, a 9–0 win over New Hebrides on 4 October 1951.[6]
As well as soccer, Walsh also played cricket at a representative level. A right-arm medium paced bowler, he played for the North East Valley club in Dunedin alongside his brother Brian.[8][9] Considered "one of the most promising medium-paced bowlers" that Otago had "had for some years" with "exceptional promise",[10] he played three times for the Otago representative side in the Plunket Shield.[11] He made his debut for the side in January 1949, opening the bowling and taking seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings, against Wellington at Carisbrook.[9][12][13]
The Otago Daily Times felt that he was the "find of the match"[10] and it was expected that he would become one of the "mainstays" of the Otago side in future seasons.[9] After taking seven wickets against Southland in a non-first-class match in December 1949, Walsh was included in the Otago side for the season's Shield matches in 1949–50.[14] He played in the first two matches but took only one wicket and was left out of the side for the final Shield match of the season against Canterbury.[11][15] He was not selected in the Otago practice squad later in the season and did not regain his place in the side in future seasons.[16]
Walsh worked as a teacher.[2] He died at Dunedin in 2005 aged 80.[3][13] Obituaries were published in the 2005 New Zealand Cricket Almanack and in the 2006 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 135. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b Ivan Walsh, CricInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Association code: I Walsh to join NZ team, The Press, volume LXXXVII, issue 26511, 28 August 1951, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ Soccer code: Association's meeting, Otago Daily Times, issue 26810, 29 June 1948, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ a b "A-International Lineups 1904-1959". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ I Walsh included, Otago Daily Times, issue 26976, 11 January 1949, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ a b c Well-balanced Grange team deserves honours, Otago Daily Times, issue 27042, 29 March 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ a b Giantkiller in Shield cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 26984, 20 January 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ a b Ivan Walsh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ Wellington out for 245, The Press, volume LXXXV, issue 25703, 15 January 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ a b Walsh, Ivan Alexander, Obituaries in 2005, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2006. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ Otago should have strong and well-balanced side in Plunket Shield games, Otago Daily Times, issue 27262, 13 December 1949, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ Shield cricket: Canterbury match, Otago Daily Times, issue 27281, 6 January 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
- ^ Several newcomers in cricket practice group, Otago Daily Times, issue 27298, 26 January 1950, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)