Jack Alabaster
New Zealand cricketer · New Zealand · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93
John Chaloner Alabaster was a New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches for the country's national team between 1955 and 1972. A leg-spin bowler, he was the only New Zealander to play in each of the country's first four Test victories.
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- Bryan Yuile Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1963-1969
- Gary Bartlett Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1961-1968
Graham Vivian Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1965-1972- John Guy Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1955-1961
- John Sparling Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1958-1964
- Mike Shrimpton Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1963-1972
- Murray Chapple Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1955-1966
- Richard Collinge Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1965-1972
- Ross Morgan Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1965-1972
- Terry Jarvis Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1965-1972
- Zin Harris Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1955-1965
- Bill Playle Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1958-1963
Bob Cunis Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1964-1972- Eric Petrie Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1955-1966
- Graham Dowling Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1961-1972
Joyce Powell Teammate at New Zealand national team, 1955-1961
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In domestic cricket, he was often partnered at the crease for his provincial side Otago by his younger brother Gren, who bowled off-spin. A schoolteacher, he later served as Rector of Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.
