WELL-KNOWN CRICKETER MARRIED.—Lieut. W. Hawksworth, formerly Otago’s wicket-keeper in Plunket Shield matches, is now in England with the New Zealand Medical Corps. He was married in London on July 37 to Miss Roberta Jolliffe, of Wellington, whose father was formerly New Zealand film censor. Hawksworth was R. C. Blunt’s partner in setting up a record last wicket partnership of 184 in the Otago-Canter-bury match of the 1931-32 season. He stubbornly held his end up, scoring 21 while Blunt went on to make an individual record score of 338 not out.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24407, 19 September 1940, Page 4
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90WELL-KNOWN CRICKETER MARRIED.—Lieut. W. Hawksworth, formerly Otago’s wicket-keeper in Plunket Shield matches, is now in England with the New Zealand Medical Corps. He was married in London on July 37 to Miss Roberta Jolliffe, of Wellington, whose father was formerly New Zealand film censor. Hawksworth was R. C. Blunt’s partner in setting up a record last wicket partnership of 184 in the Otago-Canterbury match of the 1931-32 season. He stubbornly held his end up, scoring 21 while Blunt went on to make an individual record score of 338 not out. Otago Daily Times, Issue 24407, 19 September 1940, Page 4
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