Augustus Tennant
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Hokitika, New Zealand
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| Full name | Augustus Eatwell Tennant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1841 Simla, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 1892 (aged 51) Hokitika, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8.5[1] in (1.74 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1863–64 to 1865–66 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augustus Eatwell Tennant (19 November 1841 – 28 November 1892) was an Indian-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury in New Zealand from 1864 to 1866.
Augustus Tennant was born in Simla in British India and educated at Rugby School in England, where he played in the First XI in 1859 and 1860.[2] He arrived in New Zealand in the early 1860s and began working for the Canterbury Province government. He was appointed as Commissioner’s Clerk of the West Canterbury goldfields in Hokitika in 1865.[3] When the County of Westland was formed he held a position in the County Treasury in Hokitika, and on the formation of Westland Province he held a position in the Superintendent’s Office. When the provinces were abolished in 1873 he worked for the national government in the Stamp Office, still in Hokitika.[4]
Tennant's wife died in 1872,[5] after which "[b]ad times swept over him and he commenced to drift".[4] In 1874 he was convicted of assault.[6] In 1882 he was arrested on a charge of embezzling from the Stamp Office, convicted and sentenced in March 1883 to nine months' labour.[7][1]
Tennant died of Bright's disease, aggravated by other ailments, in Westland Hospital in Hokitika on 28 November 1892. He was 51.[4]