Full name Harold Butler Lusk Relations Hugh Lusk (cousin) 1906-07 to 1912-13 Canterbury | Batting style Right-handed 1899-1900 to 1905-06, 1918-19 to 1920-21 Auckland Name Harold Lusk | |
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Born 8 June 1877 ( 1877-06-08 ) Auckland, New Zealand Died 13 February 1961(1961-02-13) (aged 83)
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Harold Butler Lusk (8 June 1877 – 13 February 1961) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1899 to 1921.
Lusk made his first-class debut as a batsman for Auckland in the 1899-1900 season, but it was not until his 16th match, in 1907-08, after he had transferred to Canterbury, that he scored his first fifty, 66 against Auckland in the first-ever match in the Plunket Shield. In 1909-10 he scored his first century, 102 out of a team total of 241, opening against Otago, and was selected to open for New Zealand in the two matches against Australia; he scored 83 runs in four innings. The next season he scored 151 not out against Auckland, adding 148 in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand with Dan Reese that took Canterbury to their first victory in the Plunket Shield. It was also Canterbury's first Plunket Shield century. Lusk later returned to play for Auckland, appearing for the last time in the 1920-21 season, when he was 43, and made 43 (top score) and 31.
Lusk was the New Zealand Amateur Golf Champion in 1910. He was a schoolmaster at Christ's College, Christchurch, who taught at Rugby School in England on a teacher exchange in 1913. When he returned to Christ's College, he coached Tom Lowry.