Career
James Condliffe made his first-class debut for Otago in 1909-1910, and played as Otago"s regular wicket-keeper until World War I. He was selected to play for New Zealand against the touring Australians early in 1914 when Charles Boxshall, who had occupied the wicket-keeping position for the previous 15 years, was unavailable. He was one of only four New Zealand players who kept their place in the team for the second match against Australia. He served as a driver with the field artillery in the New Zealand forces in World War I. He was wounded at Gallipoli.
After the war Condliffe resumed his cricket career, playing for Wellington as their regular wicket-keeper from 1917-1918 to 1922-1923.
He made his top score of 62 against Canterbury in 1919-1920: after Wellington had been 47 for 6, he batted for 160 minutes and with the help of the tail-enders took the score to 262. He played twice for New Zealand against Master Control Console in 1922-1923.
He was replaced as Wellington"s keeper by the 19-year-old Ken James in 1923-1924, but although Condliffe was no longer playing domestic first-class cricket, he played one final match for New Zealand in 1924-1925.
