Charles Harrington Broad

Broad was born at Nelson on 5 October 1872.^[1] His father was Lowther Broad, the Nelson resident magistrate^[2] and younger brother of Charles Broad,^[3] and his mother was Isabella Mary Broad (née Bunny), the daughter of Henry Bunny.^[4]

Broad was educated at Nelson College from 1884 to 1892.^[5] The latter years of that period were as an extramural student studying for a Bachelor of Arts, and he graduated from Auckland University College in 1893.^[6][7] Broad married Annie Maria Murray at Hokitika on 8 May 1905.^[8]

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In all, Broad played eight first-class cricket matches.^[1]

Broad made his first-class debut for Nelson, against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, in the 1888–89 season. Batting at number four in the first innings and number nine in the second, he made an inauspicious start to his first-class career, making a pair. He bowled seven overs for 26 runs, and did not take a wicket. Nelson lost the match by an innings and 190 runs.^[9]

His second and last first-class appearance for Nelson, also against Wellington, was in the 1891–92 season at Trafalgar Park. Opening the batting in the first innings, Broad made one run, and in the second innings, batting at three, he scored 12 runs. He did not bowl in Wellington's first innings, but in their second he took two wickets for 13 runs off 3.2 overs. Wellington won the match by one wicket. The wicketkeeper for Nelson in the match was Broad's younger brother, Edward.^[10]

In the 1894–95 season, Broad played for Nelson against the touring Fijian team. Opening the batting in each innings, he scored 17 and 80 runs, respectively. He took one wicket in each innings, bowling one over in the first and four in the second. Despite his efforts, Fiji won the two-day match by three wickets.^[11]

Broad made a final appearance for Nelson, playing against Lord Hawke's XI at Trafalgar Park in January 1903. He made 4 (stumped Taylor, bowled Hargreave) and 7 not out in Nelson's two turns at bat. The tourists won the match by an innings and 79 runs, despite the home team playing with 18 men.^[12]

For several years, Broad was the captain of the Nelson College cricket club.^[13]

Broad made six first-class appearances for Otago between 1898 and 1900: one in each of the 1897–98 and 1898–99 seasons; and four in the 1899–1900 season.^[1]

Against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in 1897–98, he scored 5 and 7 runs, respectively, in Otago's two innings, and bowled 1.3 overs without success in Canterbury's second innings.^[14]

The following season against Canterbury at Carisbrook, Broad made 12 and 17 runs batting at four, and was not called upon to bowl. He contributed in the field, taking two catches in Canterbury's first innings and one in their second.^[15] Later in the 1898–99 season, Broad played for Otago against the New Zealand team selected to tour Australia. In that two-day match at Carisbrook, with 13 players per side, he scored 11 runs in the first innings, and did not bat in the second.^[16]

In his final first-class season for Otago, 1899–1900, Broad scored a total of 98 runs, with a high-score of 60 batting at number seven against Hawke's Bay, at an average of 14.00.^[17][18] During the season, he bowled just 12 deliveries in first-class games, without taking a wicket.^[19]

During his time in Dunedin from 1897 to 1901, Broad belonged to the Carisbrook cricket club.^[13]

Broad made three appearances for the Nelson provincial rugby union team between 1894 and 1895.^[20] In his first match, against South Canterbury at Trafalgar Park on 30 July 1894, Broad played at fullback. It was reported that "he had little to do, but was equal to every emergency" in Nelson's 8–0 victory.^[21][22] Broad played in the three-quarter line against the touring New South Wales team at Trafalgar Park later that season on 22 September, in a match that attracted 2000 spectators, the largest attendance seen in Nelson for a rugby match up to that time. The home team was defeated 4–13, and Broad's performance was described as being "below club form".^[23] The following season, Broad played at five-eighth against Auckland at Trafalgar Park on 2 September 1895. He missed his one attempted conversion as Nelson lost the match 3–9.^[24]

A member of the Otago tennis club, Broad was the Otago provincial tennis champion in 1901.^[13]