Len Wyatt

John Leonard Wyatt (7 March 1919 – 29 January 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield in the 1956–57 season. He was the older brother of Ivan Wyatt.

Len Wyatt
Personal information
Full name
John Leonard Wyatt
Born(1919-03-17)17 March 1919
Leigh, New Zealand
Died29 January 2015(2015-01-29) (aged 95)
Warkworth, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RelationsIvan Wyatt (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956-57Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 163
Batting average 23.28
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 54
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 25 April 2017

In World War II Len Wyatt served in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands with the 1st Battalion, New Zealand Scottish Regiment and the 36th Battalion. He rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1942 and was posted to the Reserve of Officers in 1945.[1][2]

Wyatt played club and representative cricket until he was 59, scoring more than 40,000 runs with 128 centuries. He captained the Northland cricket team for several years, and when he was 37 he played in Northern Districts' inaugural season in the Plunket Shield in 1956–57.[1] In the fourth match, against Wellington, he opened the batting and scored 54 and 29, putting on first-wicket partnerships of 109 and 55 with James Everest.[3]

Wyatt worked in the family farming and sawmilling businesses all his life until he retired in 1986. He married Joyce Smith in Auckland in September 1943; they had two sons and a daughter.[4][1]

References
  1. "John Leonard (Len) Wyatt 1919-2015". localmatters. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. "John Leonard Wyatt". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. "Wellington v Northern Districts 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. "Woman's World". New Zealand Herald: 5. 7 September 1943.


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