[3] He remarried, and was survived by his second wife, Vida, when he died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Merivale in September 1951.
[1] Ollivier was the leading New Zealand batsman in the 1903–04 first-class season, with 306 runs in four matches at an average of 51.00.
In Canterbury's victory over Wellington in 1906–07, playing in place of the unavailable Sydney Callaway, he opened the bowling with Joseph Bennett and took 6 for 43 and 5 for 66 with his leg-spin, varying his pace cleverly.
[8][9] Earlier in the season he had made 78, the top score in the match, and taken three wickets, when Canterbury defeated the touring MCC team.
[10] It was these two victories that led to Canterbury being awarded the inaugural Plunket Shield at the end of the season.