Campbell Furlong
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Campbell Furlong
| image =
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| full_name = Campbell James Marie Furlong
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|06|16}}
| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm offbreak
| role =
| family = {{ubl|Blair Furlong (father)|John Furlong (brother)}}
| club1 = Hawke's Bay
| year1 = {{nowrap|1992/93–2006/07}}
| club2 = Central Districts
| year2 = {{nowrap|1994/95–2006/07}}
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 42
| runs1 = 933
| bat avg1 = 17.94
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 88
| deliveries1 = 8245
| wickets1 = 92
| bowl avg1 = 44.60
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 7/72
| catches/stumpings1 = 53/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 75
| runs2 = 743
| bat avg2 = 21.22
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 62*
| deliveries2 = 3611
| wickets2 = 70
| bowl avg2 = 35.37
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/9
| catches/stumpings2 = 30/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 2
| runs3 = 1
| bat avg3 = 1.00
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 1
| deliveries3 = 42
| wickets3 = 2
| bowl avg3 = 29.00
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 1/18
| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
| date = 30 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/campbell-furlong-37006 ESPNcricinfo
}}
Campbell James Marie Furlong (born 16 June 1974) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts Stags and Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay.{{cite news |author1=Hamish Bidwell |title=Cricket: Comeback kid has certain cup on his mind |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/cricket-comeback-kid-has-certain-cup-on-his-mind/CXEEL7GWG4KLWNF7QEUHOGWGG4/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Hawkes Bay Today |date=8 December 2006}}{{cite news |author1=Hamish Bidwell |title=Cricket: So long says Furlong |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/cricket-so-long-says-furlong/ED2TUME23NSD2ZYES4XTZ22UKQ/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Hawkes Bay Today |date=31 January 2007}} He was born in Napier. His father is former All Black, Blair Furlong.{{cite news |author1=Terry Maddaford |title=Cricket: Far-flung Furlong goes distance |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/cricket-far-flung-furlong-goes-distance/GP7CFTHLJUDHXWI4CMKJJ232ZY/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=30 December 2004}}{{cite news |author1=George Heagney |title=End of Furlong era for Central Districts |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/86234200/end-of-furlong-era-for-central-districts |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Manawatu Standard |date=8 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226184112/https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/86234200/end-of-furlong-era-for-central-districts |archive-date=26 December 2022}}
Playing career
Furlong toured Pakistan with the New Zealand under-19 cricket team in January and February 1994, playing in three under-19 tests and three under-19 one-day internationals against the Pakistan under-19 side.{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/Under-19_Test_Matches.html |name=Under-19 test matches played by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}}{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html |name=Under-19 ODI matches played by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}} In the three tests, he scored 65 runs with the bat at an average of 16.25 and a high score of 44, and took 10 wickets at 22.40 with best bowling figures of 5/94. In the three ODIs, he made 20 runs at an average of 6.66 with a high score of 13, and took one wicket with an average of 92.00 and best bowling of 1/35.{{CricketArchive |id=9892 |name=Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}}
An off-spin bowler and a middle-order batsman, Furlong made his debut for Central Districts in the 1994/95 season.{{cite news |title=Furlong decides to give Taranaki a spin |date=5 October 2001 |work=Taranaki Daily News |first=Tony |last=Bird |page=13}} He played six seasons for Central Districts up to the 1999/2000 season, making 35 first-class appearances.{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/f_Batting_by_Season.html |name=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}} He recorded his best first-class bowling figures of 7/72 against Northern Districts at Trafalgar Park, Nelson, in the 1996/97 season.{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |name=First-class bowling in each season by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}}{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Scorecards/63/63429.html |name=Central Districts v Northern Districts: Shell Trophy 1996/97 |accessdate=9 January 2023}}
Furlong then spent 18 months living in London on his overseas experience, where he did not play any cricket and worked in the banking sector. After returning to New Zealand in 2001, he settled in New Plymouth, where his partner found work as a primary school teacher, and he joined the New Plymouth Marist United Cricket Club. He was quickly named as captain of the Taranaki cricket team, and then captained Central Districts in a Cricket Max competition in November 2001.{{cite news |title=Furlong to lead CD |date=13 November 2001 |work=Taranaki Daily News |page=14}} He went on to play seven first-class matches for Central Districts in the 2001/02 season, his last in first-class cricket, and achieved his highest first-class score of 88 with the bat. Across seven first-class seasons, he scored 933 runs at an average of 17.94, took 92 wickets at an average of 44.60, and took 53 catches.
Furlong continued to play one-day cricket for Central Districts until the 2003/04 season, before retiring, but made a comeback in the 2006/07 season when he was again contracted by Central Districts.{{cite news |title=Spinner returns |date=18 July 2006 |work=Waikato Times |page=24}} In that season, he made eight appearances in List-A (one-day) matches{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/a_Batting_by_Season.html |name=List-A batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}} and played two Twenty20 games for Central Districts,{{CricketArchive |ref=Archive/Players/9/9892/tt_Batting_by_Season.html |name=Twenty20 batting and fielding in each season by Campbell Furlong |accessdate=9 January 2023}} before once again retiring.{{cite news |title=Napier to get CD's one-dayers |first=Peter |last=Lampp |date=30 May 2007 |work=Manawatu Standard |page=36}} In all, he played 75 List-A matches for Central Districts between 1994/95 and 2006/07.{{Cricinfo |ref=newzealand/content/player/37006.html |accessdate=9 January 2023}}
Post-playing career
Furlong served on the board of the Central Districts Cricket Association from 2011 to 2016, including a few months as chair between June and November 2016.
After beginning work in banking, Furlong became an accountant, and is now a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Hawke's Bay office.{{cite web |title=Campbell Furlong |url=https://www.pwc.co.nz/contacts/c/campbell-furlong.html |website=PwC |access-date=4 August 2022}}
References
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External links
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Category:New Zealand cricketers
Category:Central Districts cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Napier, New Zealand