Harry Gourlay (umpire)

Henry William Gourlay (16 October 1895 – 17 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricket umpire and schoolteacher.

Harry Gourlay
Personal information
Full name
Henry William Gourlay
Born(1895-10-16)16 October 1895
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died17 August 1970(1970-08-17) (aged 74)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired1 (1946)
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2013

Gourlay stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. Australia, in Wellington in 1946.[1] In all he umpired 12 first-class matches, most of them in Christchurch, between 1944 and 1950.[2]

Gourlay was educated at Addington School and Christchurch West High School and gained a Master of Science degree at Canterbury University College. He served as a pupil-teacher at Addington School, and later compiled the school's history.[3] He taught at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1919 to 1958. He landscaped the new grounds when the school moved to Riccarton in the 1920s. At the time of his retirement he was the school's senior biology master.[4]

He married Hilda Beatrice Harrison in Christchurch in December 1919.[5] He was elected a life member of the New Zealand Rose Society in 1959.[6] He died in Christchurch in August 1970, aged 74.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Henry Gourlay". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. "Harry Gourlay as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Family's Record at Addington". Press: 6. 15 October 1956.
  4. "Mr H. W. Gourlay To Retire After 40 Years At B.H.S." Press: 5. 4 October 1957.
  5. "Weddings". Sun: 4. 24 December 1919.
  6. "Personal Items". Press: 10. 22 June 1959.
  7. "Harry Gourlay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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