Labatt was born in London. His father was a clergyman in Swindon, Wiltshire. He attended several schools, finally St Edward's School, Oxford, where he was prominent in sport, before moving to New Zealand in 1887.[2]
Labatt was a middle-order batsman and a bowler who sometimes opened the attack. He was short of stature, "handsome and debonair", and a fine slips fieldsman.[3] He played for Canterbury soon after arriving in New Zealand. In his second first-class match, in January 1889, he opened the bowling against Otago and bowled throughout the first innings, taking 5 for 17 as Otago were dismissed for 47.[4] In his next match, against Wellington in December 1889, he made the highest score in a low-scoring match with 47 in the first innings.[5]
When New South Wales toured New Zealand in 1893-94 they were undefeated in their first three first-class matches, but when they played Canterbury, Labatt made 42 and took five wickets in an innings victory for Canterbury.[6] He was included in the team a few days later for New Zealand's first first-class representative match, against New South Wales in Christchurch. New Zealand lost heavily, but Labatt top-scored in the second innings with 17.[7] He also played the next time New Zealand played New South Wales, in 1895-96. This time he was more successful in the field, with four fine catches, and New Zealand won by 142 runs.[8][3]
He moved to Auckland a few weeks after the match against New South Wales, and played two matches for Auckland in 1897-98, captaining the team in his last match.[9][10]
Later lifeedit
Labatt married Gertrude Constance Rowe, whose father was also an English clergyman, in Auckland in March 1896.[11] He worked in Auckland as an accountant.[12]
andrew, labatt, march, 1869, april, 1922, zealand, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, canterbury, auckland, between, 1888, 1898, labatt, 1899personal, informationfull, nameandrew, brennan, mountjoye, labattborn, 1869, march, 1869lambeth, englanddied27, . Andrew Labatt 1 March 1869 27 April 1922 was a New Zealand cricketer He played first class cricket for Canterbury and Auckland between 1888 and 1898 1 Andrew LabattLabatt in 1899Personal informationFull nameAndrew Brennan Mountjoye LabattBorn 1869 03 01 1 March 1869Lambeth EnglandDied27 April 1922 1922 04 27 aged 53 Auckland New ZealandRoleAll rounderDomestic team informationYearsTeam1887 88 to 1895 96Canterbury1897 98AucklandCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 21Runs scored 566Batting average 15 29100s 50s 0 1Top score 57Balls bowled 2 527Wickets 41Bowling average 18 365 wickets in innings 210 wickets in match 0Best bowling 5 17Catches stumpings 30 0Source ESPNcricinfo 28 February 2019 Contents 1 Early life and cricket career 2 Later life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and cricket career editLabatt was born in London His father was a clergyman in Swindon Wiltshire He attended several schools finally St Edward s School Oxford where he was prominent in sport before moving to New Zealand in 1887 2 Labatt was a middle order batsman and a bowler who sometimes opened the attack He was short of stature handsome and debonair and a fine slips fieldsman 3 He played for Canterbury soon after arriving in New Zealand In his second first class match in January 1889 he opened the bowling against Otago and bowled throughout the first innings taking 5 for 17 as Otago were dismissed for 47 4 In his next match against Wellington in December 1889 he made the highest score in a low scoring match with 47 in the first innings 5 When New South Wales toured New Zealand in 1893 94 they were undefeated in their first three first class matches but when they played Canterbury Labatt made 42 and took five wickets in an innings victory for Canterbury 6 He was included in the team a few days later for New Zealand s first first class representative match against New South Wales in Christchurch New Zealand lost heavily but Labatt top scored in the second innings with 17 7 He also played the next time New Zealand played New South Wales in 1895 96 This time he was more successful in the field with four fine catches and New Zealand won by 142 runs 8 3 He moved to Auckland a few weeks after the match against New South Wales and played two matches for Auckland in 1897 98 captaining the team in his last match 9 10 Later life editLabatt married Gertrude Constance Rowe whose father was also an English clergyman in Auckland in March 1896 11 He worked in Auckland as an accountant 12 He served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I 12 He was on the permanent medical staff of the transport ship RMS Tahiti in 1918 when an outbreak of Spanish influenza caused high mortality amongst the troops on board 2 When Labatt died in April 1922 Gertrude survived him along with four sons and a daughter 2 See also editList of Auckland representative cricketersReferences edit Andrew Labatt ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 14 June 2016 a b c Obituary Evening Star 2 May 1922 p 6 a b R T Brittenden Great Days in New Zealand Cricket A H amp A W Reed Wellington 1958 pp 21 26 Canterbury v Otago 1888 89 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 Canterbury v Wellington 1889 90 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 Canterbury v New South Wales 1893 94 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 New Zealand v New South Wales 1893 94 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 New Zealand v New South Wales 1895 96 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 Dark Blue 8 February 1896 Cricket chat Press 9 Auckland v Hawke s Bay 1897 98 CricketArchive Retrieved 28 February 2019 Marriages Star 2 20 March 1896 a b Andrew Mountjoy Labatt Auckland Museum Retrieved 26 February 2019 External links editAndrew Labatt at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Labatt amp oldid 1208578772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
