Joseph Firth

Who was Joseph Firth?

Joseph "Pentland" Firth CMG was a New Zealand educationalist and teacher. Known as The Boss, he was the headmaster of Wellington College from 1892 to 1920. He was born and died in Wellington.

Firth was a pupil at Nelson College from 1873 to 1875.

He was the representative from New Zealand on the International Olympic Committee from 1923 to 1927; his appointment by the IOC was delayed as he was quoted in a local newspaper that he was the delegate from New Zealand before he went.

Firth also played six first-class cricket matches, five for Wellington and one for Nelson. By far the best performance of his career came for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in February 1884, when he ran through the second innings with figures of 8/13.