OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18621, 31 January 1924, Page 10

OBITUARY.

MR. WILLIAM GARDINER. I WELL-KNOWN ■;;;.; EX-ATHLETE. . The death oi'; Mr. William Gardiner, which 'occurred on Sunday at Wellington, will be regretted by; many Auckland residents. Mr. Gardiner was a prominent athlete in Auckland in the eighties and early nineties, and represented the province both in cricket and .Rugby football. j He was a member of the Parnell Cricket Club and was a hard-hiuiiig batsman .as . well • as; a, very -fine^bowler,. In football b* played for the'Grafton-Club- in the days when those giants of the game. •.'Barlow" . ; Madigan, also: a member of the Grafton •; club, "Bob" ; Whiteside, the WarbricM, >i and J. Arneil, now president of the Auck- >| land Rugby union, were .at ': their best. •:■?. Mr, , Gardiner ; removed .to ; Wettiwrton % about 30 years '■ ago, ■'■■ and joined the mm ;-t land Cricket Club. He also represent** ; .: ; Wellington on the cricket field. He was a builder and contractor, and of the many ■'~ , .""\ works constructed by; him: the mosl- not- „ able ware:. the Rona Bay ferry wharf, •'_ Wbangarei and Raglan wharves. »nd » large number, of bridges in both islands. : Mr. Gardinar, who Was in his fifty-ninth . . year, leaves a widow and one eon. ..'. MR WILLIAM SPARROW . '£ lei "... TztabßAPH,~-?B?s5 associatiosOl ■■' ASBBtTRTON. Wednesday, , 'Thedeath is announced of Mr. William Sparrow, aged 72, who has b«cU i« ' •• >m : business in Ashburton for the 47 ;■•;'• years. He arrived «i Dunedin in 1872 on the ship Wild Deer. One of his daughters is Mrs. Lewisham, of Auckland.