Charles Harry Twist (1855 – 8 March 1935) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1882 to 1884.[2]
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| Full name | Charles Harry Twist[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1855 Prescot, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 1935 (aged 79–80) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1882 to 1884 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Twist was born in Lancashire and moved to New Zealand in 1879, settling in Wellington.[3] Appointed by his fellow cricketers in 1882, he worked as the groundsman at the Basin Reserve for 30 years, establishing a reputation for the quality of his pitches.[4][5]
Twist was a batsman. Two of his first-class matches were played on his own pitch at the Basin Reserve, but his most successful match was in Christchurch at Lancaster Park against Canterbury in April 1884: he scored 34 out of Wellington's first innings total of 71, when he "stemmed the tide of adversity and showed good defence, as well as hitting powers" and was run out after falling over, and followed with 35 in the second innings.[6][7] He umpired two first-class matches at the Basin Reserve in 1885.[8]
Twist married Elizabeth Lee in Wellington in July 1884.[9] She died in October 1934, and he died at his home in March 1935. They were survived by a daughter and a son.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Funeral Notices". Evening Post: 2. 8 March 1935.
- ^ "Charles Twist". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Personal Items". Evening Post: 11. 11 March 1935.
- ^ "Obituary". Evening Post: 11. 9 March 1935.
- ^ "[Untitled]". New Zealand Times: 2. 12 August 1882.
- ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1883-84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Interprovincial Cricket Match". Star: 2. 12 April 1884.
- ^ "Charles Twist as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Golden Wedding". Evening Post: 1. 4 July 1934.