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He was also a cabinet minister from 1964 to 1972, and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1983.
Snedden played only one Test
for South Africa, in which he was captain, in 1891. He played for the
Griqualand West province.
Bowling quick off-breaks, he
played one match before the Second World War, then resumed his career eight
seasons later in 1946–47.
He took five wickets against
Otago then eight wickets against Canterbury, including 6 for 59 off 34 overs in
the second innings.
He played a few matches in
two more seasons before retiring.
On June, 1864, he captured
Colonel Beuhring Jones, commander of the 60th Virginia Infantry.
On May 31, 1865, after the
end of the War, he was honorably mustered out of the Army.
On September 11, 1897,
thirty-three years after Piedmont, he was presented with the Medal of Honor.
He was a member of New
Zealand's seam bowling attack, alongside Richard Hadlee and Ewen Chatfield,
throughout its golden age in the 1980s.
He played first-class cricket for Auckland between 1909 and 1928, and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Warwick Snedden (1920–1990), was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches for Auckland in the 1946–47 season.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler, Snedden made 92 runs from his two matches at 30.66, largely from one knock of 75.
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