Bill Skitch
Personal information
Full name
William Henry Skitch
Born(1860-08-31)31 August 1860
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died13 July 1944(1944-07-13) (aged 83)
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883–84Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2016

William Henry Skitch (31 August 1860 – 13 July 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago in 1883/84.[1]

Skitch was prominent in Otago cricket as a player, administrator and umpire for 34 years until he moved to Auckland for business reasons in 1907.[2] He umpired seven first-class matches, six of them at the Carisbrook ground in Dunedin, between 1898 and 1903.[3][4] He was elected a life member of the Dunedin Cricket Club, of which he was one of the founders, in 1901.[5] He also won prizes as a professional sprinter and was a member of the Dunedin fire brigade teams that won competitions around New Zealand.[6]

Skitch married Ellen Matilda Mariner in Dunedin in November 1881.[7] She died at their home in Grey Lynn, Auckland, in May 1938.[8] He moved to live with his son in Manurewa, and died in July 1944, aged 83.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "William Skitch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Presentation to Mr. W. H. Skitch". Otago Daily Times: 12. 2 November 1907.
  3. ↑ "William Skitch as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cricket". Evening Star: 7. 30 December 1940.
  5. ↑ "Dunedin Cricket Club". Evening Star: 3. 4 May 1922.
  6. 1 2 "Obituary: Mr. W. H. Skitch". Evening Star: 4. 15 July 1944.
  7. ↑ "Marriages". Evening Star: 2. 16 November 1881.
  8. ↑ "Deaths". Auckland Star: 1. 25 May 1938.


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