William Haig

William Smith Haig (6 April 1921 – 21 August 1967) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 31 first-class matches for Otago between 1949 and 1958. Life and career Haig was born in Scotland. His family emigrated to New Zealand in the 1920s. His brothers Laurie and Jimmy represented New Zealand at rugby union, and another brother, Bert, represented Otago. Haig served as a captain with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan after World War II. He returned to New Zealand in August 1947. Haig was a right-handed batsman who usually batted at number three, and an occasional off-spinner. After scoring 151 for his club Grange in the opening match of Dunedin cricket in 1949-50 he was selected to play for Otago. In his second first-class match, against Auckland in 1949–50, batting at number six, he scored 67 and added 266 in 222 minutes for the fifth wicket with Bert Sutcliffe, who made 355. It was a record fifth-wicket partnership in New Zealand first-class cricket.