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Full name | Nacanieli Mataika Uluiviti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Suva, Fiji | 19 May 1932||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 May 2004 Suva, Fiji | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Nat Uluiviti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954–55 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 12 February 1954 Fiji v Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 21 January 1955 Auckland v Central Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007 |
Nacanieli Mataika "Nat" Uluiviti (19 May 1932 – 6 May 2004) was a Fijian cricketer, rugby union player and politician, serving in the Senate.[1][2]
Cricket
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[3] he played first-class cricket for both the Fiji national cricket team and Auckland in the 1950s.[4]
He made his first-class debut against Otago on Fiji's 1954 tour of New Zealand, playing three further matches on the tour.[5] He then attended university in New Zealand,[6] and played four first-class matches for Auckland in the Plunket Shield.[5]
Rugby union
Uluiviti played at full-back for the Fiji national rugby union team's tour of New Zealand in 1957,[6] playing two Tests against the New Zealand Māori, scoring 23 points in total.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b Rugby Union stats at scrum.com
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ Teams played for by Nat Uluiviti at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Nat Uluiviti at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2005, Obituaries
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