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William Wyinks (11 September 1854 – 14 September 1921) was a Scottish-born sportsman and civil servant in New Zealand. He played two first-class cricket matches for Otago and represented the province in rugby union.

Life and career

Wyinks was born at Elgin in Scotland in 1854 and emigrated to New Zealand as a young man, settling at Dunedin in Otago. He joined the Land Transfer Department in 1878 and worked there for 43 years until his death, when he was Registrar General of Lands and Wellington District Land Registrar.

Wyinks was a well-known sportsman in his youth, playing rugby for the Union club in Dunedin and for Otago, and cricket for Carisbrook Cricket Club in Dunedin and for Otago. He also umpired a first-class match in Dunedin in 1884. In later life he played golf and fished.

Wyinks died in Wellington in September 1921 at the age of 67, leaving a widow, four daughters and a son.

References

1. "William Wyinks". CricInfo. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 143. 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.)
3. ^ "Mr. William Wyinks". Evening Post: 7. 16 September 1921.
4. "Otago v Tasmania 1883-84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
5. Obituary, New Zealand Times, volume XLVIII, issue 11007, 16 September 1921, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 February 2024.)

External links

• William Wyinks at ESPNcricinfo

• 1854 births
• 1921 deaths
• New Zealand cricketers
• Otago cricketers
• Sportspeople from Elgin, Moray
• 19th-century New Zealand public servants
• 20th-century New Zealand public servants
• Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
• Scottish cricketers
• 19th-century New Zealand sportspeople
• New Zealand rugby union players
• Otago rugby union players