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512:"Kendall Reginald James von Tunzelmann Saxon"
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812:New Zealand expatriate cricketers in England
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842:Military personnel from Nelson, New Zealand
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271:Kendall Reginald James von Tunzelmann Saxon
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384:Canterbury
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735: at
733:Ken Saxon
425:Cambridge
420:in 1933.
376:Hawke Cup
369:captained
342:long jump
334:Cambridge
325:in 1916.
284:cricketer
238:stumpings
228:Top score
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117:Relations
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236:Catches/
220:100s/50s
123:(nephew)
453:21 July
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194:Matches
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