John Garty (6 January 1864 – 28 January 1897) was a New Zealand cricketer who played one match of first-class cricket for Canterbury in 1886–87.

John Garty
Personal information
Born(1864-01-06)6 January 1864
Mount Grey, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died28 January 1897(1897-01-28) (aged 33)
Sydney, Australia
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1886-87Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 10
Batting average 10.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 10
Balls bowled 217
Wickets 7
Bowling average 10.00
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/41
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2020

Garty "came with a meteoric flash as a bowler" with one outstanding performance, then lost form.[1] He was among the 24 players from whom Canterbury selected their 18 to play the touring Australians in November 1886, but was not ultimately chosen.[2][3] He was in good form in senior club cricket later that season, including 7 for 42 off 75 deliveries for Midland against Grange.[4]

Garty opened the bowling for Canterbury in their annual first-class match against Otago in February 1887 at Lancaster Park. At one stage early on the first day of the match Otago were 10 for 4, and Garty had taken all four wickets for one run. The Lyttelton Times wrote of the play at this stage: "Garty was bowling with a good length, and most of his deliveries kept very low and puzzled the Otago men a good deal."[5] Garty bowled throughout the Otago innings, taking figures of 35.1–14–41–6 (four-ball overs) and Otago, batting one man short, were dismissed for 80. He took one wicket in the second innings, and Canterbury won by 10 wickets.[6] He never played for Canterbury again.

Before he died Garty had been unwell for some time, and went to Sydney in 1896, dying there of "galloping consumption" in January 1897.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Notes". Lyttelton Times. 12 February 1897. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Canterbury v. Australia". Star. 22 November 1886. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Canterbury v Australians 1886-87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Midland v. Grange". Lyttelton Times. 29 December 1886. p. 5.
  5. ^ "The Interprovincial Match". Lyttelton Times. 25 February 1887. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1886-87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Cricket Chat". Press. 13 February 1897. p. 2.
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