Eric Tindill

Eric Tindill

Full name	Eric William Thomas Tindill
Date of birth	(1910-12-18)18 December 1910
Place of birth	Nelson, New Zealand
Date of death	1 August 2010(2010-08-01) (aged 99)
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
School	Wellington Technical College
Notable relative(s)	Paul Tindill (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback, first five-eighth New Zealand No. 417 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1932–45 Wellington () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–38 New Zealand 1 (0)
Cricket information
Batting style	Left-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper Opening batsman Umpire
International information
National side	New Zealand (1937-1947)
Test debut (cap 31)	26 June 1937 v England
Last Test	25 March 1947 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932/33–1949/50	Wellington
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1959)
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 5 69 Runs scored 73 3,127 Batting average 9.12 30.35 100s/50s 0/0 6/12 Top score 37* 149 Catches/stumpings 6/1 96/33
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2017

Eric William Thomas Tindill OBE (18 December 1910 – 1 August 2010) was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to play Tests for New Zealand in both cricket and rugby union (a so-called "double All Black"), and the only person ever to play Tests in both sports, referee a rugby union Test, and umpire a cricket Test: a unique "double-double".

Tindill was born in Nelson and was raised in Motueka. His family moved to Wellington in 1922, and he was educated at Wellington Technical College until 1925. He trained as an accountant, and worked as a civil servant for 40 years in the government audit office. He was nicknamed "Snowy" due to his fair hair. He married his wife Mary in 1937, shortly before he left on a cricket tour to England. An all-round sportsman, in addition to cricket and rugby, Tindill also played football for Wellington in 1927, and was a founder of the Wellington Table Tennis Association in 1932.

In cricket, Tindill played club cricket for the Midland club (now Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club). He played domestic first-class cricket for Wellington from 1932-33 to 1949-50 as a wicket-keeper/batsman and left-handed opening batsman. He made a century on his first-class debut in January 1933, scoring 106 as an opening batsman in a Plunket Shield match against Auckland at Eden Park.