Walter Hadlee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Hadlee

New Zealand cricketer

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1915

Place of Birth: Lincoln, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2006

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Walter Arnold Hadlee (4 June 1915 – 29 September 2006) was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain.
He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago.
Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New Zealand.
The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, which is competed for by Test teams from New Zealand and Australia is named in honour of the Hadlee family and the Australian Chappell family. Hadlee captained one of New Zealand's most highly regarded teams, the 1949 side which toured England in an era when New Zealand had yet to win a Test.
As an administrator, he guided New Zealand cricket in the mid-1970s during years of increasing professionalism, the Kerry Packer threat and the sporting boycott of South Africa. He was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal in 2001.