| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Ulrich Collins | |||
| Born | 7 July 1868 Nelson, New Zealand |
|||
| Died | 16 July 1943 (aged 75) Ngongotaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
|||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 6 | |||
| Runs scored | 77 | |||
| Batting average | 9.62 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 26 | |||
| Balls bowled | 66 | |||
| Wickets | 1 | |||
| Bowling average | 43.00 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 1/10 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/2 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 2 May 2009 | ||||
John Ulrich Collins (7 July 1868 – 16 July 1943) was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches: one for Nelson in 1884–85 and five for Canterbury between 1892–93 and 1895–96. As a teenager, he had also appeared in a minor match for a Wellington XXII [sic] that had much the worse of a draw against a ten-man Australians side in 1886–87.[1]
Collins acted as wicket-keeper in three of his Canterbury matches, although all three of his dismissals came in one game, versus Auckland in January 1894.[2] In his final appearance, for Canterbury against New South Wales in December 1895, he bowled for the only time in first-class cricket, taking the wicket of Frank Ridge in the first innings.[3]
His nephew David Collins played 53 first-class games, while his brother William Collins played two.