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Martin LuckieOBE
Luckie in the 1920s
3rd Deputy Mayor of Wellington
In office
8 October 1936 – 19 November 1947
MayorThomas Hislop
Will Appleton
Preceded byWilliam Bennett
Succeeded byRobert Macalister
In office
18 October 1923 – 20 May 1931
MayorGeorge Troup
Preceded byGeorge Frost
Succeeded byWilliam Bennett
Personal details
BornMartin Maxwell Fleming Luckie
(1868-01-30)30 January 1868
Nelson, New Zealand
Died3 July 1951(1951-07-03) (aged 83)
Wellington, New Zealand
Cricket information
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1891/92–1919/20Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 22
Batting average –
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 7*
Balls bowled 42
Wickets 2
Bowling average 21.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/12
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2018

Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie OBE (30 January 1868 – 3 July 1951) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket 29 years apart – one in 1891 and the other in 1920. He became a prominent cricket administrator and a city councillor in Wellington. He was twice deputy mayor: from 1929 to 1931, and again from 1936 to 1947.

Biography

Early life and career

Luckie was born on 30 January 1868 in Nelson. He worked as a barrister and solicitor in Wellington.

Cricket career

Luckie played first-class cricket for Wellington in 1891 and 1920. He was primarily a left-arm slow bowler. He played lower grade cricket when his senior days were over and did not retire from active play until he was 70 years old. He later served as President of the Wellington Cricket Association.

The Wellington City Council named Martin Luckie Park in Berhampore after him, which houses playing fields for both cricket and soccer.

Local politics

Luckie served two separate terms as a Wellington city councillor. In 1913 he won a seat on the council on a Citizens' League ticket which he was to hold until 1931 when he did not seek re-election as a councillor. That year he stood for Mayor of Wellington as an independent against Thomas Hislop. He polled well but lost. In 1933 he made a return to local-body politics and spent another spell on the council until he retired in 1947.

He stood for parliament as the Reform Party's candidate for the seat of Wellington South in the 1928 general election. He came runner-up to Labour's Robert McKeen who was likewise a city councillor.

Later life and death

In the 1948 Birthday Honours, Luckie was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Luckie died in Wellington on 3 July 1951.

Notes

  1. ^ "Martin Luckie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Service to City: Mr Luckie Thanked". Evening Post: 20. 11 June 1931.
  3. "Advertisements". Manawatu Standard: 3. 19 March 1903.
  4. Wisden 1952, p. 958.
  5. Betts 1970, pp. 260.
  6. Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. "No. 38312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1948. pp. 3397–3399.

References

  • Betts, G.M. (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0 589 00469 7.

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Political offices
Preceded byGeorge Frost Deputy Mayor of Wellington
1923–1931

1936–1947 		Succeeded byWilliam Bennett
Preceded byWilliam Bennett Succeeded byRobert Macalister
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