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Full name John Angus Dunning
Born February 6, 1903, Omaha, North Auckland
Died June 24, 1971, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (aged 68 years 138 days)
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Otago,Oxford University
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
6
1
38
19
7.60
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
60
95
14
1057
45
13.04
0
0
34
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
7
830
493
5
2/35
2/119
98.60
3.56
166.0
0
0
0
First-class
60
15379
6290
228
6/42
27.58
2.45
67.4
15
2
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 31-Apr 3, 1933 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at The Oval, Aug 14-17, 1937 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1923/24 - 1937/38
Profile
Wisden obituary
John Dunning played as an offbreak bowler in four Test matches for New Zealand against England between 1932 and 1937. He was a member of the Australian Cricket Board of Control. Thought given a trial for Oxford in 1928 when a Rhodes scholar, he did not get a Blue.
His wickets in Test cricket were few and far between, but he achieved some note-worthy successes in other first-class games when touring England with ML Page's New Zealand team in 1937. He took 10 for 170 in the match against Essex; 9 for 64 against Cambridge University and 6 for 67 against Middlesex. Additionally, in the first innings of a two-day fixture at Stoke, he dismissed eight Staffordshire batsmen for 26 runs. In the three-day matches on the tour, he took 83 wickets at a cost of 30.10 runs, sending down more overs than any of his colleagues. He did good work in Plunket Shield games for Otago.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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