David Donald (cricketer)

David Lindsay Donald (20 July 1933 – 3 October 2016) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1957 to 1961.

David Donald
Personal information
Full name
David Lindsay Donald
Born(1933-07-20)20 July 1933
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died3 October 2016(2016-10-03) (aged 83)
Tauranga, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1957-58 to 1960-61Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 21
Runs scored 930
Batting average 23.25
100s/50s 1/6
Top score 106
Balls bowled 2
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 14/0
Source: Cricinfo, 10 November 2018

An opening batsman, David Donald had his best season in 1958–59, when he scored 382 runs in the Plunket Shield at an average of 38.20. Only two players scored more: the Test captain John Reid and Northern Districts' number four, Bruce Pairaudeau.[1] Donald made his only first-class century in the match against Canterbury, which was one of only four centuries in the competition that season.[2] Considered for the Test team,[3] he was selected for North Island in the trial match against South Island towards the end of the season, and although he made 71, the highest score of the match, he was not selected in the two-match Test series against England that followed.[4]

Donald also played Hawke Cup cricket for several North Island teams in the 1950s and 1960s, including Waikato during their championship defence in 1957–58.[5]

He and his wife Margaret had two sons.[6]

References
  1. "Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Northern Districts v Canterbury 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. A. D. Davidson, "The Plunket Shield, 1958-59", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1959, pp. 108–9.
  4. "North Island v South Island 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. "Hawke Cup matches played by David Donald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. "David Lindsay Donald". NZ Herald. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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