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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Alfred Sloman |
| Born | (1874-04-15)15 April 1874 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 27 August 1938(1938-08-27) (aged 64) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1903/04 | Auckland |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 June 2016 | |
John Alfred Sloman (15 April 1874 – 27 August 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland during the 1903–04 season.
Sloman was born at Auckland in 1874 and, after winning a scholarship, educated at Auckland Grammar School. He played club cricket for the Grafton club in Auckland and was considered to be a batsman who could play "freely", with "pretty drives and leg hits" in his repertoire of strokes, although he was also noted to bat "out of his crease" at times. As a bowler he was considered effective at times.
In November 1903 Sloman was selected as one of 16 players to practice ahead of Auckland's representative fixtures later in the season. He was chosen in the final team to play Wellington in a match starting on Christmas Day, opening the batting and recording a duck before dropping down the batting order in Auckland's second innings and scoring 19 runs. He also took his only first-class wicket during the match.
Sloman retained his place in Auckland's side for their next first-class fixture, making scores of 0 and five against Canterbury in early January 1904. He played for the side in odds-matches against the touring Australians in February 1905 and the Melbourne Cricket Club tourists the following year and remained a keen club cricketer for many years. He is also known to have umpired some first-class cricket. He died in 1938 aged 64.
References
- Alfred Sloman, CricInfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 121. 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.)
- Cricket, Auckland Star, vol. XLVI, issue 34, 9 February 1915, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 August 2024.)
- Cricket, The Observer, vol. XXXV, issue 26, 6 March 1915, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 August 2024.)
- The cricket season, New Zealand Herald, vol. XL, issue 12432, 30 November 1903, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 August 2024.)
- ^ Alfred Sloman, CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2024. (subscription required)
- Cricket: Auckland v Wellington, Auckland Star, vol. XXXIV, issue 306, 24 December 1903, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 August 2024.)
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