Wilfred John Raymond Haskell (born 12 December 1936) is a former cricketer and schoolteacher in New Zealand. He is now a sports historian.
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| Full name | Wilfred John Raymond Haskell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1936-12-12) 12 December 1936 (age 85) Karachi, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sacha Haskell (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955-56 to 1968-69 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilf Haskell was born in Karachi, where his father was a missionary and schoolteacher. In the 1940s the family moved to Nelson, where Wilf attended Nelson College.[1]
An accurate medium-fast bowler, Haskell made his first-class cricket debut for Wellington in 1955-56, but did not establish himself in the team until 1967-68. In the first match of the 1967-68 season, against Otago, he took 6 for 6 off 16 overs to dismiss Otago for 85 in the second innings and give Wellington victory by 149 runs.[2]
He became a schoolteacher, teaching at a number of schools in New Zealand, and finally, from 1980 to 1998, at Wellington College. Since he retired from teaching he has written sports history.[1]