Adam Glen
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| Born | 1 March 1853 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1937 (aged 84) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1872/73–1886/87 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Glen (1 March 1853 – 3 July 1937) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Otago between 1873 and 1887.[1]
Cricket career
[edit]A right-arm medium-pace bowler who could bowl accurately for long periods, Glen was often able to extract unexpected bounce from the pitch.[2] He achieved some impressive figures for Dunedin Cricket Club (such as 8 for 26, 6 for 9 and 9 for 18)[3] and once took 101 wickets in a season at an average of 4.22.[4] He was not as spectacularly successful at first-class level, but in his first match for Otago, who were weakened by the unavailability of several leading players, he was the team's best bowler against Canterbury, taking 4 for 55 in an innings defeat in February 1873.[5] He was also effective against the touring Australians in 1877–78, taking 3 for 16 from 19.3 four-ball overs.[6]
He later took up umpiring. His first first-class match as an umpire was the Otago–Canterbury match of February 1887 in Christchurch. The Otago player Charlie Frith failed to turn up on the first day, when Glen umpired; when Frith again failed to appear on the second day, Glen was prevailed upon by the Otago team to play – so Glen's debut as an umpire also became his last match as a player.[7][8][9] He umpired 10 first-class matches between 1887 and 1898.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Glen married Frances Bellamy in Dunedin in March 1879.[11] They moved in 1906 from Dunedin to Otautau, in Southland, where Glen worked in his son's softgoods business.[12] They returned to Dunedin a few years later, where Glen worked among the composing staff at the Evening Star for 21 years until his retirement in 1934.[13]
They moved to Hāwera in 1935,[14] and Glen died in Auckland in July 1937. His wife and a son and daughter survived him.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Adam Glen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Some Old Time Cricket Reminiscences". Evening Star: 15. 11 December 1920.
- ^ "Dunedin Cricket Club". Evening Star: 9. 12 April 1924.
- ^ "Personal". Evening Star: 5. 9 August 1915.
- ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 168.
- ^ "Otago XXII v Australians 1877-78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, p. 258.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1886-87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "The Interprovincial Match". Press: 2. 26 February 1887.
- ^ "Adam Glen as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Marriage". Evening Star: 8. 19 March 1929.
- ^ "Bowling". Otago Daily Times: 5. 13 December 1906.
- ^ "Personal". Evening Star: 7. 4 September 1934.
- ^ "Personal". Evening Star: 9. 21 February 1935.
- ^ "Obituary: Mr Adam Glen". Evening Star: 12. 5 July 1937.