Harry Siedeberg

Henry George Siedeberg, known as Harry, was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago and for the national side and was also a champion billiards player. Born in Dunedin in 1877, the son of a German-Jewish architect, he made his first-class debut in 1899 and 1900, was a middle-order batsman and occasional slow bowler, and scored 88 against Wellington in 1904 and 1905 and 90 against Canterbury the next season, as well as a record 223 not out in senior Dunedin cricket in 1907. He appeared once for New Zealand against the MCC and twice against Australia, and played his last matches for Otago at the age of 44. He won the New Zealand billiards title in 1916, 1917, 1919 and 1921, held the world amateur record break at losing hazards, and was later president of the national billiards association. In later years he took up bowls and in 1926 was in the New Zealand champion four. He worked as a financial agent and died in Dunedin in 1945.