Victor Henry du Chateau (1 August 1911 – 29 September 2005) was a New Zealander who played six first-class cricket matches for Wellington between 1932 and 1940.[1]
A left-handed opening batsman, du Chateau played two matches for Wellington in 1932-33 and one in 1936-37 with no great success. Playing for Wellington College Old Boys, he began the Wellington club season in 1939-40 with three centuries, and at one stage had scored 475 runs at an average of 158.33.[2] He was subsequently selected for all three Plunket Shield matches in 1939-40, but made only 83 runs.[3]
He served as a gunner in New Caledonia during the Second World War.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "Player Profile: Victor du Chateau". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36923.html. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ↑ New Zealand Herald, 18 December 1939, p. 13.
- ↑ "Batting in each season by Victor du Chateau". https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21805/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Letters to Victor Henry du Chateau". http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23210943?search%5Bi%5D%5Bdecade%5D=1900&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Campaigns&search%5Bpath%5D=items. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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