SUDDEN DEATH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 5

SUDDEN DEATH.

;: : V MR. WILLIAM -.J". 1 SALMON. Ncw,s..was received in, Wellingto- yester» day' grating'.of< tliqi sudden death, at .Pal* mcrston: : North, ."of;:>Mr.','William J.\ Sa v lmoii, of Itfye .Wellington fTerracoj and a gentleman most*, favourably- rknown to , the commercial clrisso3'' v througliouty'tJip . Dominion. After breakfast lie', mi's reading the. uowspaper in the smoking-room "(apparently, in tho best of health) at- tho Cliib Hotel, Palnierston North, when he was suddenly seized with heart failure, and.died almost immediately. : . .

1 Mr. Salmon, who was sixty-two years of ago, has beon ;iii: the employ of the Kaiapoi \yoollcn Company for- the last twenty-eight years; the greater ipart; of which' time he-hai been " on'tho road,": and has made an enviable namcfor his cheery sociability and his well-defined business capacity. .In former years, /Mr. Salmon, was a prominent figuro in the local' cricket world, being for muny years a member of' the Midland Cricket Club's senior';.'eloveii, in'which lie wag valued--for .his sound batting and smart fielding, and achieved < something of a, record in that lie played representative cricket for Wellington from'lSG7' i\ntil 1889. During later years ho. took,- up bowls, and as a member- of tho (Wellington 'Bowling ■' Club was held in high esteem for his many stcrl-. ing qualities on and. off the green. : >

Mr. Salmon loaves a widow, two sons— Mr. W. P. Salmon- (representative in Now Zoalahd for Mossrs. 1 Fandcl, Phillips and Co.) and Mr. ELM- Salmon (secretary to 1 tho Wellington College Old Boys' Cricket C]ub)—and ono daughter, wifo v of Mr. Rudman, an assistant master on the st&ff 'of the Wellington College.-

AX APPRECIATION. : i (by 'Akdhew' * WIHEN.) ' In common with , many others who taka an interest in orickot, and those who play or havo played it, I rogrot to learn of Mr. Salmon's death. i ; As a .cricketer, he was a batsman who,Usually,gdt his runs.in-front of the wicket, serviceable'knack of keeping tho- ball • down, very cleverly. In good form ho was ono of the best batsmon Wellington ever had. Ho was very keen Von play, and represented Wellington on tho field for many years. Ho could bowl a. little, too, and, wasps'very'.smart man in tho slips. It is relntod'that whilst playing against Waiiganui in 187.9, ho and-;his 1 brother took all the: wickets in tho second innings. In . anothei! respect Mr. Salmon, coupled with Mr. .JFirth,' of tho Welling-: tpn College, Btill 'holds i a record—they put up } 100 runs for this' first wicket in representative cricket in a match played here against Nelson, in 1385,.Mi;. Salmon/making fifty runs, and ; >Mr. Firth fifty-four— a feat that has nover yet. bc.qiv.equalled in representative crickct hero; Personally, ho was of a hearty, cheery nature;, always in good heart and- full, of pluck, and was an excellent judge ..of.!.the. gariio.:j;llo was a good oppoiiont, and' a fine sportsman —keen on win» ning,' "yob' 'giving""lKb other sido all credit if they won. i'Ho; was ono of three brothers —W.J.,: I;. J-i, Vid; J... A. J. A- died some timo ago, ialso, f -1 . understand, from lies.rt failure, and .J. ..'A., I believe, is in tlio: Hawera. district. ;