John Vear

John Vear
Personal information
Full name
Dennis John Vear
Born(1938-04-05)5 April 1938
Auckland, New Zealand
Died21 December 2017(2017-12-21) (aged 79)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958/59–1968/69Southland
1959/60–1960/61Otago
FC debut5 February 1960 Otago v Central Districts
Last FC5 January 1961 Otago v Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 91
Batting average 16.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 22
Balls bowled 336
Wickets 1
Bowling average 94.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/19
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 January 2018

Dennis John Vear (5 April 1938 – 21 December 2017)[1] was a New Zealand cricketer who played three first-class matches for Otago in the early 1960s. He also played for Southland in the Hawke Cup competition.[2]

Vear was born at Auckland in 1938 and educated at Wellington College where he played cricket.[3][4][5] He played age-group cricket for Wellington under 20 sides from 1954–55 until 1956–57 and played for Nelson in their Newman Shield victory over Marlborough in February 1955, taking five wickets in the Marlborough first innings. The following season he played for North Island under-20s in a New Zealand Colts trial match.[2]

After moving to Invercargill, Vear first played for Southland during the 1958–59 season before making his first-class debut for Otago the following season. An all-rounder,[6] he failed to take a wicket but scored 22 runs in the only innings in which Otago batted in February 1960 against Central Districts. In the event this was his highest first-class score. He opened the bowling for Otago against Auckland in early January 1961 but again failed to take a wicket, before going on to take a single wicket in the side's next match against Northern Districts, Vear's final first-class fixture.[2]

Considered a "batsman of good sense"[7] and a bowler who could "make the ball rise uncomfortably from a good length",[8] Vear continued to play for Southland until the end of the 1960s. He appeared in four Hawke Cup matches for the province and was a mainstay of its bowling attack throughout the decade.[2][9]

Vear died at Christchurch in December 2017.[1] He was aged 79.[10][11]

  1. ^ a b "Dennis Vear death notice". The Timaru Herald. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "John Vear". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. ^ Rain interrupts play at Wellington, The Press, volume XCVI, issue 28443, 25 November 1957, p. 10. (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571125.2.78 Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  5. ^ Senior games at Wellington, The Press, volume XCVI, issue 28461, 16 December 1957, p. 15. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  6. ^ First innings deficit, The Press, volume CIII, issue 30330, 4 January 1964, p. 13. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  7. ^ Otago and Auckland battling for a win, The Press, volume C, issue 29403, 4 January 1961, p. 12. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  8. ^ Canterbury B game, The Press, volume XCIX, issue 29094, 5 January 1960, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  9. ^ Southland player Otago, The Press, volume XCIX, issue 29157, 18 March 1960, p. 18. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 5 February 2024.)
  10. ^ John Vear, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  11. ^ Dennis Vear Obituary, Southland Times, 23 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2024.