| Nessie Snedden | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Andrew Nesbit Colin Snedden |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Auckland |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 49 |
| Runs1: | 2,492 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.02 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/14 |
| Top Score1: | 139 |
| Deliveries1: | 4,857 |
| Wickets1: | 95 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 4 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 20/– |
| Date: | 26 June 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38425.html Cricinfo |
Andrew Nesbit Colin "Nessie" Snedden (3 April 1892 - 27 September 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland between 1909 and 1928,[1] and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.[2]
At the time of his first-class debut at the age of 17 in December 1909, Snedden was the youngest player to represent Auckland.[3] His highest first-class score was 139, which he made when captaining Auckland against Hawke's Bay in 1920–21; in the same match he also took 5 for 13 (his best bowling figures) and 2 for 21, and Auckland won by an innings and 354 runs.[4] He scored his other first-class century against Otago in 1925–26, when Auckland needed 271 for victory and he scored 131 not out, making the winning hit with a four to take Auckland to victory by five wickets.[5]
Snedden toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14. He was the last player to dismiss Victor Trumper in first-class cricket: leg before wicket for 81 in Australia's victory over New Zealand at Eden Park on 28 March 1914.[6]
He captained Auckland from 1919–20 to 1923–24, and captained New Zealand in two matches against the touring MCC team in 1922-23. For most of the period between 1922 and 1937 he was a national selector.[2]
Snedden was born in Auckland and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He became a law clerk, then a solicitor, taking a partnership in the Auckland firm of Wake, Anderson and Snedden in 1919.[7] He married Alice McDonnell in Auckland in April 1917.[8] He served overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I as a lieutenant.[9] Wake, Anderson and Snedden was dissolved in 1925 and he continued in the partnership Anderson and Snedden.[10]
His son Colin Snedden and grandson Martin Snedden played Test cricket for New Zealand. His brother Cyril and another son, Warwick, also played first-class cricket in New Zealand, as has Martin's son Michael Snedden. Cyril was also President of the New Zealand Rugby League.[11]