Alby Duckmanton
Albert George "Alby" Duckmanton was a New Zealand cricketer and cricket administrator.Biography
Born in Christchurch in 1933, Duckmanton was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School. He played for the Canterbury under-20 team when he was 16, and made his debut for the senior Canterbury team two months after his 18th birthday. However, he was selected only sporadically until the 1960-61 season. He made his highest score with the bat, 69, in his final first-class innings in 1962.
Duckmanton also represented Canterbury and Waikato at badminton, and was a senior rugby union referee.
After retiring from first-class cricket, Duckmanton was a board member of the Canterbury Cricket Association from 1962 to 1966, and from 1977 to 1980. He then served as chairman from 1980 to 1985, vice-president from 1985 to 1989 and president from 1989 to 1991. Also in 1991 he was made a life member of the Canterbury Cricket Association.
Between 1981 and 1988 he served on the New Zealand Cricket Council, and in 1983 he was manager of the New Zealand team.
In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, Duckmanton was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to sport. He died in Christchurch in 2015.
