Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Allan Holmes (25 January 1845 – 9 April 1909) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was a barrister at the Supreme Court.Holmes was born in Geelong in 1845. He received his education at the University of Edinburgh and The Queen's College, Oxford; he graduated from Oxford in 1866. He was admitted to the Middle Temple as a barrister in 1870. He emigrated to Dunedin in New Zealand and was admitted to the Supreme Court soon after he arrived.Holmes made two first-class appearances for the team, the first during the 1870-71 season, and the second three seasons later.On his debut, against Canterbury, he scored 12 runs in both innings in which he batted, though Otago would lose the match by an innings margin.In the second and final match in which he played, Holmes scored a duck, though Otago won the match by an innings margin, restricting Canterbury to just 38 runs in their second innings.Early in 1881, Holmes and Thomas S. Weston of Christchurch were appointed as examiners of candidates for admission to the New Zealand bar; they were the first to be appointed to this position.He died at his home in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn."@en }
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- Allan_Holmes abstract "Allan Holmes (25 January 1845 – 9 April 1909) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago. He was a barrister at the Supreme Court.Holmes was born in Geelong in 1845. He received his education at the University of Edinburgh and The Queen's College, Oxford; he graduated from Oxford in 1866. He was admitted to the Middle Temple as a barrister in 1870. He emigrated to Dunedin in New Zealand and was admitted to the Supreme Court soon after he arrived.Holmes made two first-class appearances for the team, the first during the 1870-71 season, and the second three seasons later.On his debut, against Canterbury, he scored 12 runs in both innings in which he batted, though Otago would lose the match by an innings margin.In the second and final match in which he played, Holmes scored a duck, though Otago won the match by an innings margin, restricting Canterbury to just 38 runs in their second innings.Early in 1881, Holmes and Thomas S. Weston of Christchurch were appointed as examiners of candidates for admission to the New Zealand bar; they were the first to be appointed to this position.He died at his home in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn.".