Albertus Eckhoff

Albertus Eckhoff (24 June 1875 – 1 April 1949) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 15 first-class matches for Otago between the 1899–00 and 1914–15 seasons.[1]

Albertus Eckhoff
Personal information
Full name
Albertus David Eckhoff
Born(1875-06-24)24 June 1875
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died1 April 1949(1949-04-01) (aged 73)
Wellington, New Zealand
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899/00–1914/15Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 May 2016

Eckhoff was born at Dunedin in 1875. He worked as a blacksmith.[2] Principally a bowler, he made his representative debut for Otago against Wellington at the Basin Reserve as a late replacement for John Harkness,[3] although he did not take a wicket in the match and was generally considered not to be the best alternative available for Otago.[4][5] Despite his performance, he retained his place for Otago's last representative match of the season, again due to other players being unavailable.[4]

In his 15 first-class matches Eckhoff took 21 wickets, with best figures of 6/21―figures from his second representative match, a performance which The Press called "sensational", commenting that although "he sent down a lot of loose stuff, he also bowled some really good balls";[6] the Dunedin Evening Star's reporter was of the opinion that "he will do great things for Otago yet".[7] As a batsman he scored a total of 112 runs wit a highest score of 19.[8] He died suddenly at Wellington in 1949 aged 73.[1][9]

References
  1. "Albertus Eckhoff". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 47. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  3. Cricket, New Zealand Times, vol, LXX, issue 3936, 30 December 1899, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. Cricket, Otago Witness, issue 2392, 4 January 1900, p. 41. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.)
  5. Cricket: Otago v Wellington, New Zealand Mail, 4 January 1900, p. 32 (Available online, at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.)
  6. Cricket: Canterbury v Otago, The Press, vol. LVII, issue 10547, 6 January 1900, p. 5. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.)
  7. Cricket, Otago v Canterbury, Evening Star, issue 11133, 8 January 1900, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.)
  8. Albertus Eckhoff, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2023. (subscription required)
  9. Deaths, Otago Daily Times, issue 27047, 4 April 1949, p. 1. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 28 May 2023.)


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