George Samuel Sale (17 May 1831 – 25 December 1922) was a New Zealand station manager, cricketer, newspaper editor, goldminer, public administrator and university professor.
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Born | (1831-05-17)17 May 1831 Rugby, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 25 December 1922(1922-12-25) (aged 91) London, England | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Margaret Fortune (m. 1874) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Classics | ||||||||||||||
Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge University of Otago | ||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1863/64–1864/65 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 15 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Sale was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, in 1831.[1] He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge University (Trinity College),[2] where he won the Members Latin Prize.[3] He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1856, and in 1857 he began lecturing at Trinity in Classics.[4]
Sale went to New Zealand in 1860 for health reasons.[4] In May 1861 he became the first editor of The Press in Christchurch, but later that year he want to the Otago goldfields to take up mining.[4]
In January 1864 he played in the first match of first-class cricket ever played in New Zealand, top-scoring for Canterbury with 15 not out against Otago.[5] In the second first-class match, a year later, he was top-scorer in Canterbury's first innings with 16.[6]
In July 1864, Sale was appointed Treasurer of Canterbury Province.[7] He was a member of the County of Westland, representing the Hokitika riding from 10 December 1868 to 16 April 1869.[8]
When the University of Otago was established in 1870 he was one of the three foundation professors,[1] specialising in Classics, particularly Greek and Latin.[3] He remained in that position until he resigned at the end of 1907.[4] He returned to England after he retired, and died in London in December 1922, aged 91.[9]
He married a Canadian, Margaret Fortune, in Kaitangata in June 1874.[10] They had two sons and two daughters.[4]
Sale Street in Hokitika is named in Sale's honour.[11]
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New title Newspaper founded |
Editor of The Press 1861 |
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