 Whitelaw in 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Erskine Whitelaw | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1910-02-10)10 February 1910 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 1988(1988-08-28) (aged 78) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 25) | 24 March 1933 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 31 March 1933 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Erskine Whitelaw (10 February 1910 – 28 August 1988) was a New Zealandcricketer who played forAuckland andNew Zealand.
A right-handed opening batsman with a fine array of strokes, Whitelaw playedfirst-class cricket for Auckland with some success from 1928–29 to 1946–47, averaging 37 runs per innings.
In 1934–35, playing for Auckland againstWellington, he scored 115, his first first-class century, in the first innings, and 155 in the second innings. In 1936–37, playing for Auckland againstOtago atDunedin, Whitelaw andBill Carson set a world record that stood for almost 40 years by adding 445 for the third wicket. The partnership, which began with the score on 25 for 2, took only 268 minutes. Whitelaw's 195 in this match was his highest first-class score.[1][2]
He made twoTest match appearances, both on the short tour of New Zealand by the 1932-33MCC side that followed theBodyline tour of Australia. Both matches were dominated by the batting ofWally Hammond, who scored 563 runs in two innings, being dismissed just once. Whitelaw made 64 runs from four innings, two of them not out.[3] He also represented New Zealand in matches againstthe MCC team led byErrol Holmes in 1935–36.[4] He wastwelfth man when New Zealand playedAustralia in a single Test in Wellington in 1945–46.[5]
Whitelaw marriedAlison Hall (1910–2004) in July 1948.[6] She was the scorer for his cricket club, Parnell, and was the first woman to be an official scorer for a Test match, when she scored during the Fourth Test in Auckland in 1930.[7]