Alfred Sloman
New Zealand cricketer (1874–1938)
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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]
Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
| 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.
