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New Zealand footballer and cricketer (1924–2005)

Ivan Walsh
Personal information
Full name Ivan Alexander Walsh
Date of birth (1924-12-29)29 December 1924
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death 12 May 2005(2005-05-12) (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. He was also a first-class cricketer.

Football career

Walsh was born in 1924 at Dunedin and was educated at the Christian Brothers School there. He played soccer for the Northern Club in the city and by 1948 was playing for the Otago representative side.

Walsh scored on his full New Zealand debut in a 6–4 win over New Caledonia on 22 September 1951 and ended his international playing career with four official A-international caps and four goals to his credit, scoring a hat-trick in his final appearance, a 9–0 win over New Hebrides on 4 October 1951.

Cricket career

Ivan Walsh
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948/49–1949/50Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 2
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 2*
Balls bowled 665
Wickets 8
Bowling average 33.75
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/76
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2024

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. Considered "one of the most promising medium-paced bowlers" that Otago had "had for some years" with "exceptional promise", he played three times for Otago in the Plunket Shield. 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.

The Otago Daily Times felt that he was the "find of the match" and it was expected that he would become one of the "mainstays" of the Otago side in future seasons. 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. 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. 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.

Later life

Walsh worked as a teacher. He died at Dunedin in 2005 aged 80. Obituaries were published in the 2005 New Zealand Cricket Almanack and in the 2006 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

References

  1. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  2. "Ivan Walsh". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ 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.)
  4. ^ Ivan Walsh, CricInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. 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.)
  6. Soccer code: Association's meeting, Otago Daily Times, issue 26810, 29 June 1948, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  7. ^ "A-International Lineups 1904-1959". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  8. "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  9. "I Walsh included", Otago Daily Times, issue 26976, 11 January 1949, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  10. ^ "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.)
  11. ^ Giantkiller in Shield cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 26984, 20 January 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  12. ^ Ivan Walsh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2024. (subscription required)
  13. Wellington out for 245, The Press, volume LXXXV, issue 25703, 15 January 1949, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  14. ^ Walsh, Ivan Alexander, Obituaries in 2005, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2006. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  15. 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.)
  16. Shield cricket: Canterbury match, Otago Daily Times, issue 27281, 6 January 1950, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 16 February 2024.)
  17. 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.)

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