| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | William Lawrence Higgins |
| Born | (1888-11-15)15 November 1888 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Died | 3 July 1968(1968-07-03) (aged 79) Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1910/11–1920/21 | Otago |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 May 2016 | |
William Lawrence Higgins (15 November 1888 – 3 July 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1910–11 and 1920–21 seasons.
Higgins was born at Dunedin in 1888, the son of Lawrence Higgins, a sergeant in the New Zealand Army. The family were living in the Tuapeka area of North Otago when Higgins made his first-class debut for Otago, playing in a December 1910 match against Canterbury at Carisbrook. He recorded a duck in his first innings and scored 17 runs in the second.
After playing against Southland in 1911–12 and against Auckland in the 1912–13 Plunket Shield, Higgins played three times during 1913–14. After serving in the New Zealand Army during World War I he played twice for the representative side in 1920–21, once against Canterbury before making his final first-class appearance against the touring Australians in March 1921. In his seven first-class matches he scored a total of 201 runs, including a highest score of 67 made against Canterbury during his final season of representative cricket.
Higgins died at Ashburton in Mid-Canterbury in 1968. He was aged 79.
Notes
- This match is not considered first-class.
References
- ^ "William Higgins". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- Local and general, Tuapeka Times, volume XLII, issue 5802, 21 December 1910, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 19 July 2023.)
- McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 67. 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.)
- ^ William Higgins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 July 2023. (subscription required)
- William Lawrence Higgins, Online Cenotaph, Auckland Museum. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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