Bill Dustin


William Henry Dustin was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in eleven first-class matches for Wellington [cricket team|Wellington] from 1927 to 1944.
Dustin and his twin brother were born in Palmerston North and attended Wellington College. Both played senior rugby and cricket in Wellington.
Bill Dustin was a right-handed opening batsman. He had his best season in 1931–32, when he formed an effective opening partnership with Stewie Dempster. He scored 186 runs in the Plunket Shield in that season, with a top score of 92 in a partnership of 239 with Dempster in the match against Canterbury, and Wellington won the Shield.
Dustin served in the Royal New [Zealand Air Force] in World War II. In 1942 he was the proprietor of a guesthouse in Otaki.