Jack Doig
 Doig pictured in about 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | John Allen Doig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 1872 Beechworth, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 November 1951 (aged 79) Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914/15–1920/21 | Southland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 May 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Allen Doig (24 March 1872 – 24 November 1951) was an Australian-born cricketer who played first-class cricket in New Zealand for Southland between the 1914–15 and 1920–21 seasons.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Doig's family moved from Australia to New Zealand when he was a small boy. Doig and his first wife Alexandra (née Broome) had two daughters. She died in 1906 and he married Alice (née Hast) in 1907; they had a son and a daughter. He worked at various times as a blacksmith, insurance agent and sports store owner. He lived most of his life in Invercargill.[2]
Cricket career[edit]
Doig opened the bowling for Southland in March 1911 and took six wickets when Southland beat Rangitikei to become the first winners of the Hawke Cup.[3] Along with Hugh Bannerman and Don Hamilton he was nominated by the Southland Cricket Association for the tour to Australia in 1913–14.[4] But they were not playing for one of the four major teams, and they were not selected.
When Southland had first-class status from 1914–15 to 1920–21, Doig played in seven of their eight matches, taking 38 wickets at 15.78. Southland's first-class debut came in the match against Otago at Rugby Park, Invercargill, in February 1915. At the age of 42 Doig made his own first-class debut, along with nine of his team-mates. He opened the bowling and took 7 for 46 in the first innings, but Otago won comfortably.[5] In the match against Otago at Rugby Park in March 1919 he bowled unchanged through both innings, taking 5 for 43 off 24 eight-ball overs in the first innings, and 5 for 41 off 32.3 overs in the second, but Otago won again.[6]
In Southland's only first-class victory, against Otago at Rugby Park in March 1920, Doig took 2 for 74 and 6 for 21, he and his opening partner Dan McBeath taking 19 wickets in the match.[7] In his last first-class match, in March 1921, a few days before his 49th birthday, he took 5 for 102 for Southland against the touring Australians at Rugby Park, including the wickets of Vic Richardson and Alan Kippax.[8] In his five first-class matches at Rugby Park he took 31 wickets at an average of 12.70.[9]
Doig was still opening the bowling for Southland at the age of 50 in 1923 when they played MCC.[10] He organised Invercargill teams to tour the surrounding country districts annually in the 1920s and 1930s.[11][12] He was a member of the Invercargill Cricket Club for forty-six years, and he was also prominent in Southland in playing or administering Rugby football, hockey, athletics, basketball, boxing and golf.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Jack Doig, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ Descendants of John Doig
- ^ Rangitikei v Southland 1910–11
- ^ "Southland Players. Nominated for Australian Tour". Southland Times (17468): 3. 7 October 1913. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ Southland v Otago 1914–15
- ^ Southland v Otago 1918–19
- ^ Southland v Otago 1919–20
- ^ Southland v Australians 1920–21
- ^ Jack Doig bowling on each ground
- ^ Southland v MCC 1922–23
- ^ "Cricket". Otago Daily Times (20256): 6. 15 November 1927. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Cricket". Cromwell Argus. LXVII (3415): 5. 20 April 1936. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ Wisden 1952, p. 956.