Ernest Bernau

Ernest Bernau
Personal information
Full name Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau
Born (1896-04-06)6 April 1896
Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Died 7 January 1966(1966-01-07) (aged 69)
Wanganui, New Zealand
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 28
Runs scored 651
Batting average 17.59
100s/50s 1/2
Top score 117
Balls bowled 3,457
Wickets 58
Bowling average 28.82
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/35
Catches/stumpings 10/0
Source: CricketArchive, 1 May 2009

Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau (6 April 1896 – 7 January 1966), sometimes known as Bill Bernau,[1] was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1914–15 to 1927–28, and accompanied the New Zealand national cricket team on their tour of England in 1927.

Bernau took 12 wickets in a Hawke Cup match (not first-class) for Wanganui against South Taranaki in December 1914,[2][3] and made his first-class debut in January 1915 for Hawke's Bay against Canterbury, scoring 31 and 8 and taking 4/88 in an innings defeat.[4] He did not play at that level again until he appeared for Minor Associations against the Australians at the Basin Reserve in March 1921. This was another innings defeat, and Bernau was personally unsuccessful, taking the single wicket of Alan Kippax.[5]

Bernau finally tasted victory at first-class level when he played for Wellington against Auckland in the Plunket Shield in December 1922. Wellington ran out easy victors, thanks in no small part to Bernau, who scored 117 (his only century, including 20 fours) in the first innings, and took five wickets in the match.[6][7]

In 1927, after several years playing minor cricket for Wanganui, Bernau was selected to tour England with the national side, and played in 16 first-class matches.[8] During the tour, he recorded his career-best bowling performance, claiming 6/35 against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park.[9] Bernau's final first-class matches were back home in 1927–28, when he played twice for New Zealand against The Rest, and finally for Wellington against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield.[10]

He served with the New Zealand forces in the Middle East in World War I as a second lieutenant.[11] Later he worked as a barrister.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1967.
  2. ↑ "Wanganui v South Taranaki in 1914/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  3. ↑ The date is given as 1913 in his Wisden obituary.
  4. ↑ "Hawke's Bay v Canterbury in 1914/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Minor Associations v Australians in 1920/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Wellington v Auckland in 1922/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  7. ↑ The date is given as 1921–22 in his Wisden obituary.
  8. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Ernest Bernau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Glamorgan v New Zealanders in 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  10. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Bernau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  11. ↑ Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau, Cenotaph Record
  12. ↑ Bill Francis, Tom Lowry: Leader in a Thousand, Trio, Wellington, 2010, p. 88.

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