William Salmon (cricketer)
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Fullname
William Joseph Salmon
Died25 October 1907 (aged 61)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Palmerston North, New Zealand
1873-74 to 1884-85, 1886-87 to 1889-90Wellington
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| Full name | William Joseph Salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1846 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 October 1907 (aged 61) Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1873-74 to 1884-85, 1886-87 to 1889-90 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1885-86 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1891-92 | Taranaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 May 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Joseph Salmon (29 May 1846 – 25 October 1907) was a businessman and first-class cricketer in New Zealand.
Salmon was born in Sydney. He moved to New Zealand with his parents in 1864 and was apprenticed to the drapery trade.[1]
He worked as a commercial traveller for the Kaiapoi Woollen Company for the last 23 years of his life, and also managed the company's Wellington branch. When travelling he returned on most weekends to Wellington, where he was a keen lawn bowler. He died suddenly of heart failure at the age of 61 while at work in Palmerston North. He left a wife, Sarah, and a grown-up family of two sons and a daughter.[2]