Rowland Holle

Rowland Leate Holle (1859 – 3 August 1929) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Wellington and Auckland between 1883 and 1894.[1]

Rowland Holle
Personal information
Full name
Rowland Leate Holle
Born1859
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Died3 August 1929 (aged 69–70)
Sydney, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883-84 to 1886-87Wellington
1893-94Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 70
Batting average 5.83
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Balls bowled 476
Wickets 20
Bowling average 10.90
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/22
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 December 2021

Life and career

Holle was born in Victoria, Australia. He was employed as a cutter and manager at the Wellington clothing factory Thompson, Shannon and Co in 1883.[2]

On his first-class debut for Wellington in December 1883, Holle took 5 for 22 and 4 for 20 – all on the first day of the match – but Wellington still lost to Nelson by 39 runs in a match in which 40 wickets fell for only 183 runs.[3] In the 1893-94 season when he captained Auckland on their three-match southern tour, he played as a batsman. In the last match, going to the wicket at No. 11 with 13 runs required, he scored the winning runs to take Auckland to victory over Wellington by one wicket. The Wellington Evening Post described the match as "the most exciting inter-provincial match ever played in New Zealand".[4] Holle wrote an account of the Auckland team's tour which was published as a pamphlet in March 1894: Tour of the Auckland Representative Cricket Team, 1893.[5]

Holle served on the committee of the Auckland Cricket Association in the 1890s.[6] He worked in Auckland as the Arch Clark and Sons clothing factory manager.[7] He returned to Australia in March 1897 to live in Sydney.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Rowland Holle". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "[Untitled]". New Zealand Times: 2. 24 February 1883.
  3. "Nelson v Wellington 1883-84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Auckland v. Wellington". Evening Post: 4. 12 January 1894.
  5. "Tour of the Auckland Representative Cricket Team, 1893". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. "Meetings". New Zealand Herald: 1 (supplement). 9 October 1891.
  7. "[Untitled]". Auckland Star: 4. 7 October 1891.
  8. "Cricket". Auckland Star: 2 (supplement). 13 March 1897.
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