sense", pointing out that Leggat had batted fourteen and a half hours in scoring 290 runs (110, 14 and 166) for Canterbury in the first three innings of the 1952–53 season. "His imperturbability under fire – either from bowlers or spectators – has become almost legendary," said The Press in 1953. Administration Leggat was a national selector from 1959 to 1965, and chairman of the Board of Control of the New Zealand Cricket Council from 1966 until he died suddenly in Christchurch in 1973, aged 46. He managed the tour to South Africa in 1961-62, on which New Zealand won its first Test victories outside New Zealand. References External links 1926 births 1973 deaths Burials at Waimairi Cemetery Canterbury cricketers New Zealand cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers Cricketers from Wellington City People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School New Zealand cricket administrators South Island cricketers University of New Zealand alumni