Sydney Chowne Lambert (11 October 1852 – 10 October 1916) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played three first-class cricket matches for Otago in the 1873–74 and 1874–75 seasons and umpired cricket in the Wellington area.[1][2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sydney Chowne Lambert |
| Born | 11 October 1852 At sea |
| Died | 30 October 1916 (aged 64) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1873/74–1874/75 | Otago |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016 | |
Lambert was born at sea in 1852 and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and Christ's College in Christchurch.[3] He played three first-class matches for Otago, two in the 1873–74 season and one the following season. Primarily a bowler, he took three first-class wickets, all of them in a January 1874 fixture against Canterbury for the cost of four runs.[2][4]
Lambert worked as a government clerk in Wellington, at the time of this death working in the Land and Income Tax Department. He was a prominent lawn bowler in later life.[5] He died suddenly at Wellington in 1916 at the age of 63.[5][1]
References edit
- ^ a b Sydney Lambert, CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ a b Mr Sydney J Lambert, Other Obituaries in 1916, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1917. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.)
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 78. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ Sydney Lambert, CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Personal matters, Evening Post, volume XCII, issue 92, 16 October 1916, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 9 November 2023.)
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