David John Boyle (born 14 February 1961) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in 69 first-class and 28 List A matches for Canterbury between the 1980–81 season and 1994–95.David Boyle, CricInfo. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
Born at Christchurch in 1961, Boyle was educated at St Thomas of Canterbury College in the city.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 23. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played club cricket for the Burnside-West University and Marist clubs in Christchurch.St Albans chases fourth successive club cricket title, The Press, 29 September 1989, p. 30. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) An opening batsman who played wearing glasses,Boyle called to bat with broken thumb, The Press, 7 February 1989, p. 48. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) he made his first-class debut against a New Zealand under-23 team in December 1980. Batting in the middle-order on debut, he took three wickets with his off-breaks; in the remainder of his first-class career he took only six more.David Boyle, CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2025. Big day for Boyle brothers, The Press, 6 January 1983, p. 24. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.)
After playing irregularly for the Canterbury team during the early-1980s whilst a student,Boyle added, The Press, 19 February 1985, p. 40. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) and touring the country with the New Zealand Universities team, Boyle became an established member of the Canterbury team at the end of the 1985–86 season. He scored his maiden first-class century against Otago in February 1986, making 149 runs in a "solid and watchful" innings which featured "many handsome attacking strokes".David Boyle scores maiden century, The Press, 7 February 1986, p. 32. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) He played regularly until the end of the 1993–94 season, scoring a total of 3,216 first-class runs, including three centuries.
Boyle's brother, Justin Boyle, played alongside him at Burnside-West before moving to Wellington. He returned to Canterbury during the mid-1980s and the brothers played alongside each other for the Canterbury team.
Since retiring from cricket Boyle has worked as a company director.
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