{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1918–2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Colin Snedden | image = 1947_NZ_Test_team.jpg | caption = The New Zealand Test team, Christchurch, March 1947. Colin Snedden is third from the left in the middle row. Seated in front of him are Jack Cowie and Walter Hadlee. | fullname = Colin Alexander Snedden | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|1|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|4|24|1918|1|7|df=y}} | death_place = New Zealand | family = {{ubl|Nessie Snedden (father)|Warwick Snedden (brother)|Martin Snedden (nephew)|Michael Snedden (great-nephew)|Alice Snedden (great-niece)|Cyril Snedden (uncle)|Owen Snedden (uncle)}} | international = true | internationalspan = 1947 | country = New Zealand | onetest = true | testcap = 43 | testdebutagainst = England | testdebutdate = 21 March | testdebutyear = 1947 | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 3+1/2 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm offbreak | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = – | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = – | top score1 = – | deliveries1 = 96 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 0/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 44 | bat avg2 = 8.80 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 14 | deliveries2 = 2,040 | wickets2 = 31 | bowl avg2 = 25.41 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 6/59 | catches/stumpings2= 7/– | date = 1 April 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38397.html Cricinfo }} '''Colin Alexander Snedden''' (7 January 1918 – 24 April 2011) was a New Zealand Test cricketer.
His father, Nessie Snedden, and brother, Warwick Snedden, both played first-class cricket; Warwick's son, Martin Snedden, played in 25 Tests and 93 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
==Cricket career== Born in Auckland, Snedden attended Sacred Heart College, Auckland.<ref name=JR>Joseph Romanos, ''Great New Zealand Cricket Families'', Random House, Auckland, 1992, pp. 139–44.</ref> He played first-class cricket for the Auckland cricket team. Six feet three and a half inches (1.92 m) tall and strongly built,<ref>Arthur H. Carman & Noel S. Macdonald (eds), ''The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand'', Sporting Publications, Wellington, 1949, p. 94.</ref> he weighed about 143 kilograms during his playing days.<ref name=JR/> Bowling quick off-breaks,<ref name=WObit>''Wisden'' 2012, p. 221.</ref> he played one match before the Second World War, then resumed his career eight seasons later in 1946–47. He took five wickets against Otago then eight wickets against Canterbury, including 6 for 59 off 34 overs in the second innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17941.html Auckland v Canterbury, 1946–47]</ref>
He was selected for the single Test for New Zealand against England, at Christchurch in March 1947. Five other New Zealanders made their debut in the same match. New Zealand declared their first innings at 345 for 9; Snedden was the number 11 batsman so he did not get a chance to bat. He bowled 16 overs, but the third and fourth days were washed out, and the match was abandoned as a draw.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/unfortunate-few/ |title=The Unfortunate Few |date=27 November 2015 |website=NZ Cricket Museum |language=en-US |access-date=31 August 2017 |archive-date=2 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402034824/http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/unfortunate-few/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Only Test, Christchurch, Mar 21 - 25 1947, England tour of New Zealand |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1946-47-61777/new-zealand-vs-england-only-test-62670/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
Snedden played a few matches in two more seasons before retiring.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Colin Snedden |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/769/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
==Later life and death== Following his retirement from playing, Snedden was a radio commentator on cricket and rugby.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cricket/news/article.cfm?c_id=29&objectid=10722548&ref=rss |title=Auckland cricket dynasty loses veteran |date=30 April 2011 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=31 August 2017 }}</ref><ref name=WObit/> He described cricket and rugby matches at Eden Park in Auckland from 1950 until 1986.<ref name=JR/>
On the death of Eric Tindill on 1 August 2010, Snedden became the oldest surviving New Zealand Test cricketer. On 24 April 2011, he died in his sleep at the age of 93.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38397.html Cricinfo]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/513150.html |title=New Zealand veteran Colin Snedden dies |date=24 April 2011 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Snedden married Mary O'Callaghan in Auckland in July 1940.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ceremony in Cathedral |journal=New Zealand Herald |date=15 July 1940 |page=11 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19400715.2.112.1}}</ref> A problem with the arch of his left foot rendered him medically unfit for active service in World War II, and he spent the war as a training officer in New Zealand.<ref name=JR/>
==See also== * One-Test wonder
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Cricinfo|id=38397}} * [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cricket/news/article.cfm?c_id=29&objectid=10721513 Colin Snedden's obituary]
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