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Wilfrid Kalaugher

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Wilfrid Kalaugher
Kalaugher, c. 1926
Born(1904-11-26)26 November 1904
Died12 August 1999(1999-08-12) (aged 94)
Other namesWilfrid George Kalaugher
Occupation(s)Olympic athlete, Rhodes Scholar, teacher

Wilfrid George Kalaugher (26 November 1904 – 12 August 1999) was a New Zealand athlete and scholar. He was a school master in Marlborough College, England.

Biography

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Kalaugher was born in Winchester, New Zealand and he grew up in Devonport. He was dux of Sacred Heart College, Auckland in 1921, where there is now a wing named after him. He attended Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied mathematics and competed in athletics, cricket, and rugby.

In 1926, he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to Balliol College, Oxford, where he represented Oxford University in first-class cricket from 1928 to 1931.[1] At the same time he played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Oxfordshire.[2] While at Oxford University, he gained an Oxford Blue after winning a hurdles title.[citation needed]

He represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, competing in the triple jump and 110 m hurdles.[3][4]

In 1931, he took up a teaching position at Marlborough College, England, and found his career "amid the playing fields and schools of England". He died in Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Wilfrid Kalaugher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Wilfrid Kalaugher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ^ Athletes of the Century: 100 Years of New Zealand Track and Field
  4. ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ Obituary, Sunday Star-Times, 19 December 1999, p. A9