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.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Alfred Sloman |
| Born | 15 April 1874 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 27 August 1938 (aged 64) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1903/04 | Auckland |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 June 2016 | |
Sloman was born at Auckland in 1874 and, after winning a scholarship, educated at Auckland Grammar School.[2] 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.[3] As a bowler he was considered effective at times.[4]
In November 1903 Sloman was selected as one of 16 players to practice ahead of Auckland's representative fixtures later in the season.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[6] He is also known to have umpired some first-class cricket.[2] He died in 1938 aged 64.
References
edit- ↑ Alfred Sloman, CricInfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- 1 2 McCarron, Tony (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.)
- 1 2 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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