Jack Dunning

John Angus Dunning OBE (6 February 1903 – 24 June 1971) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1933 and 1937 and 60 first-class matches from 1923 to 1938. He later became a headmaster in Australia.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Untold (musician).

Jack Dunning

OBE
Personal information
Born(1903-02-06)6 February 1903
Omaha, New Zealand
Died24 June 1971(1971-06-24) (aged 68)
Adelaide, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
Bowling
  • Right-arm off-break
  • Right-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 26)31 March 1933 v England
Last Test14 August 1937 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 60
Runs scored 38 1,057
Batting average 7.59 13.04
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 19 45
Balls bowled 830 15,379
Wickets 5 228
Bowling average 98.59 27.58
5 wickets in innings 0 15
10 wickets in match 0 2
Best bowling 2/35 6/42
Catches/stumpings 2/– 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Academic and teaching career

Jack Dunning was born at Omaha and educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, later graduating MSc (Honours) in Mathematics at the University of Otago. He was New Zealand's Rhodes Scholar in 1925 and, studying at New College, Oxford, he obtained his MA in Mathematics.[2][3][4]

He taught at John McGlashan College, Dunedin, from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1939; he was also sports master. He was recruited to the headmastership of Scots College, Warwick, in Queensland from 1939 to 1949 and Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, from 1949 to 1969, where he was said to exhibit "Scottish carefulness".[3] He was awarded the OBE in the 1965 New Year Honours.[5]

Dunning died at Adelaide in South Australia in 1971. Obituaries were published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack in 1971 and in Wisden the following year.[2]

References
  1. Jack Dunning, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2022. (subscription required)
  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. Prentis, Malcolm (2008). "Minister and Dominie: Creating an Australasian Scottish World?". International Review of Scottish Studies. Vol. 33. p. 26.
  4. "Rhodes Scholar: Mr. J. A. Dunning's Career". Star. Vol. LV, no. 266. 8 November 1924. p. 12.
  5. "Commonwealth Relations Honours List". The Canberra Times: 4. 1 January 1965. Retrieved 18 November 2017.


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