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Sebastian Kohlhase

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Sebastian Kohlhase
Personal information
Full name
Sebastian Winston Kohlhase
Born (1942-08-22) 22 August 1942 (age 82)
Aleipata, Western Samoa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963/64Northern Districts
1968/69–1969/70Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 107
Batting average 9.72
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 32
Balls bowled 1,112
Wickets 13
Bowling average 32.30
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/47
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 November 2008

Sebastian Winston Kohlhase (born 22 August 1942) is a former first-class cricketer, and is now a prominent sports administrator and businessman in Samoa.[1]

Education

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Kohlhase attended St Paul's College in Auckland, New Zealand.[2]

Cricket career

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Kohlhase played first-class cricket in New Zealand in the 1960s. He represented Northern Districts and Auckland as a medium pace bowler in nine matches, taking 13 wickets at an average of 32.30 and scoring 107 runs at an average of 9.72.

Sports administration

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Kohlhase is president of the Samoa International Cricket Association[3] and the Samoan English Cricket Association.[1][4]

His work has been recognised by the International Cricket Council in their annual Development Programme Awards. In the 2002 awards, he was named as volunteer of the year for the East Asia/Pacific region,[5] and he was given the lifetime service award for the region in the 2006 awards.[6]

In 2008, he acted as Chef de Mission for the Samoan team at the Beijing Olympics.[7]

He is also a vice-president of Samoa Softball.[3]

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References

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