Gordon Whyte (cricketer)
New Zealand cricketer
Gordon Lindsay Whyte BEM (13 August 1915 – 24 June 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer, radio announcer and senior aviation official. He played in one first-class match for Wellington in 1939/40, described cricket and football matches in Wellington for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation from 1949 to 1972, and worked for the New Zealand National Airways Corporation from 1947 to 1972.
Life and career
After attending Wellington College, Wellington, from 1929 to 1931, Whyte learned shorthand and typing at a business college and qualified as a Hansard reporter. He married Hilda Milroy in Wellington in May 1941.
Playing for Wellington College Old Boys, Whyte was prominent in senior cricket in Wellington, chiefly for his leg-spin bowling. In a match in November 1941 he took 7 for 9 and 6 for 10. He sometimes represented Wellington, but only once in first-class cricket, when Wellington played Otago in the 1939–40 Plunket Shield, and he made 45 runs and took one wicket. He took 8 for 87 in the first innings when he captained Wellington in a two-day match against Nelson in March 1945. He also played senior soccer in Wellington.
During World War II, Whyte served with a construction unit in Fiji before joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an administrative clerk.
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