| Ian Snook | |
| Fullname: | Ian Robert Snook |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Central Districts |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 40 |
| Runs1: | 1,344 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/5 |
| Top Score1: | 100 |
| Deliveries1: | 132 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 107.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/8 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 23/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 22 |
| Runs2: | 452 |
| Bat Avg2: | 22.60 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/4 |
| Top Score2: | 65 |
| Deliveries2: | 2 |
| Wickets2: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ian-snook-38527 Cricinfo |
| Date: | 6 September |
| Year: | 2024 |
Ian Robert Snook (born 7 May 1950) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Central Districts between 1972 and 1988.[1]
Snook was born in Dunedin. He scored his maiden first-class century in his last first-class match in 1987–88, when he captained Central Districts.[2] He captained the New Zealand Under-23 cricket team in their annual first-class match in February 1972.[3] He also played for Taranaki and Wairarapa in the Hawke Cup between 1968 and 1989.[4] In October 2024 he was awarded life membership of the Taranaki Cricket Association for his contribution to the game in the Taranaki region as player, coach and administrator.[5]
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.[6] [7]
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.[8]