Andrew Nesbit Colin "Nessie" Snedden (3 April 1892 – 27 September 1968) was a New Zealand

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er. He played

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for

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between 1909 and 1928, and captained

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in the days before New Zealand played

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Cricket career

At the time of his first-class debut at the age of 17 in December 1909, Snedden was the youngest player to represent Auckland. His highest first-class score was 139, which he made when captaining Auckland against

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in 1920–21; in the same match he also took 5 for 13 (his best bowling figures) and 2 for 21, and Auckland won by an innings and 354 runs. He scored his other first-class

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against

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in 1925–26, when Auckland needed 271 for victory and he scored 131

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, making the winning hit with a four to take Auckland to victory by five wickets. Snedden toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14. He was the last player to dismiss

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in first-class cricket:

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for 81 in

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victory over New Zealand at

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on 28 March 1914. He captained Auckland from 1919–20 to 1923–24, and captained New Zealand in two matches against the touring MCC team in 1922-23. For most of the period between 1922 and 1937 he was a national selector.

Personal life

Snedden was born in

and educated at

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. He became a law clerk, then a solicitor, taking a partnership in the Auckland firm of Wake, Anderson and Snedden in 1919. He married Alice McDonnell in Auckland in April 1917. He served overseas with the

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as a

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. Wake, Anderson and Snedden was dissolved in 1925 and he continued in the partnership Anderson and Snedden. His son

Colin Snedden Colin Alexander Snedden (7 January 1918 – 24 April 2011) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. His father, Nessie Snedden, and brother, Warwick Snedden, both played first-class cricket; Warwick's son, Martin Snedden, played in 25 Tests and 93 ...

and grandson

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played

for New Zealand. His brother

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and another son,

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, also played first-class cricket in New Zealand, as has Martin's son

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. Cyril was also President of the

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