Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Nacanieli Mataika Uluiviti | |||
Born | 19 May 1932 Suva, Fiji |
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Died | 6 May 2004 Suva, Fiji |
(aged 71)|||
Nickname | Nat Uluiviti | |||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1954 | Fiji | |||
1954-55 | Auckland | |||
First-class debut | 12 February 1954 Fiji v Otago | |||
Last First-class | 21 January 1955 Auckland v Central Districts | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | First-class | |||
Matches | 8 | |||
Runs scored | 210 | |||
Batting average | 16.15 | |||
100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
Top score | 48* | |||
Balls bowled | 372 | |||
Wickets | 3 | |||
Bowling average | 61.00 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
Best bowling | 1/18 | |||
Catches/stumpings | 11/0 | |||
Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007 |
Nacanieli Mataika "Nat" Uluiviti (19 May 1932 in Suva, Fiji – 6 May 2004 in Suva) was a Fijian cricketer[1] and Rugby Union player.[2]
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]
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]