John Mallard (cricketer)

John James Jaffray Mallard (18 December 1860 – 26 March 1935) was a New Zealand sportsman and insurance executive.

He played two first-class cricket matches for Otago, one in each of the 1882–83 and 1884–85 seasons, and represented the province in rugby union.

[1][2][3] Mallard was born in Melbourne and moved with his family to Dunedin in 1864.

After attending Otago Boys' High School he began working for the Victoria Insurance Company.

[5] Mallard married Marjory May Murray Wallace in Dunedin in September 1889.