Ian Snook

New Zealand cricketer

Ian Robert Snook (born 7 May 1950) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts between 1972 and 1988.^[1] He scored his maiden first-class century in his last first-class match in 1987–88. He captained the New Zealand Under-23 cricket team in their annual first-class match in February 1972.^[2] He also played for Taranaki in the Hawke Cup. He was born in Dunedin.

Snook holds the unusual record for the most runs conceded by a bowler in a one-over spell in first-class cricket. Playing for Central Districts against the touring England team at Palmerston North during the 1983–84 season, Snook's only over cost 32 runs, courtesy of some big hitting by Ian Botham.^[3]^[4]

Snook was also a talented rugby player, representing Taranaki at first five, and then Wairarapa-Bush, in the late 1970s. He has coached Clifton's Senior A side in the Taranaki club rugby competition and now coaches Francis Douglas Memorial College's 1st XV along with former Taranaki hooker Shane MacDonald. Snook wrote a weekly sports column in the Taranaki Daily News until December 2017.^[5]

References

^ "Ian Snook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
^ "Otago v New Zealand Under-23s 1971-72". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ Brodribb, Gerald, "Next Man In", Souvenir Press, London, 1995
^ "Central Districts v England XI 1983-84". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ Snook, Ian (6 December 2017). "Snook signs off with his best cricketers". Taranaki Daily News. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 June 2023.