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David Clarence Boon is an Australian cricket match umpire,former cricket commentator and international cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1996. A right-handed batsman and a very occasional off-spin bowler,he played first-class cricket for both his home state Tasmania and English county side Durham.
The Tasmanian cricket team,nicknamed the Tigers,represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season,which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup.
Clement"Clem" Hill was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests,winning five and losing five. A prolific run scorer,Hill scored 3,412 runs in Test cricket—a world record at the time of his retirement—at an average of 39.21 per innings,including seven centuries. In 1902,Hill was the first batsman to make 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year,a feat that would not be repeated for 45 years. His innings of 365 scored against New South Wales for South Australia in 1900–01 was a Sheffield Shield record for 27 years. The South Australian Cricket Association named a grandstand at the Adelaide Oval in his honour in 2003 and he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2005.
Joseph Darling was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain,he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests,winning seven and losing four. In Test cricket,he scored 1,657 runs at an average of 28.56 per innings,including three centuries. Darling toured England four times with the Australian team—in 1896,1899,1902 and 1905;the last three tours as captain. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in England in 1902,widely recognised as one of the best teams in Australian cricket history.
Donald Tallon was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953. He was widely regarded by his contemporaries as Australia's finest ever wicket-keeper and one of the best in Test history,with an understated style,an ability to anticipate the flight,length and spin of the ball and an efficient stumping technique. Tallon toured England as part of Don Bradman's Invincibles of 1948 and was recognised as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1949 for his performances during that season. During his Test career,Tallon made 58 dismissals comprising 50 catches and 8 stumpings.
Wayne Bentley Phillips is a former Australian cricketer who played in 27 Test matches and 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1982 and 1986 as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for South Australia between 1978 and 1991
Charles John Eady was a cricketer who played for Tasmanian clubs and representative sides in the era before Tasmania was accepted into the Sheffield Shield and other competitions. He also played in Test cricket twice for Australia becoming the only cricketer to play his only two test matches,one in the 19th century and one in the 20th century.
Edwin James Kenneth "Kenny" Burn was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests on the tour to England in 1890. Although unsuccessful at Test level,Burn is best known for being one of the most prolific batsmen in Tasmania at club level in the nineteenth century.
Clayvel Lindsay "Jack" Badcock was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1936 to 1938.
Douglas Thomas Ring was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and for Australia in 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1953. In 129 first-class cricket matches,he took 426 wickets bowling leg spin,and he had a top score of 145 runs,which was the only century of his career.
Australia won the 1930 Ashes series against England,winning two of the matches and losing one,with the other two tests drawn. The Australian tourists were captained by Bill Woodfull,while the home side were led by Percy Chapman,who was dropped in favour of Bob Wyatt in the final Test.
Matthew Scott Wade is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper in all three forms of international cricket and plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team,also acting as the team's captain. He plays domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Hobart Hurricanes.
Timothy David Paine is a former Australian international cricketer and a former captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket. A right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper,he plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and was the captain of the Hobart Hurricanes before his selection for Australia in the 2017–18 Ashes series.
A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia,and England won The Ashes by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the bodyline bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine. After the Australian tour was over,the MCC team moved on to play in New Zealand,where two further Test matches were played.
James Archibald "Snowy" Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer.
Ronald Orlando George Morrisby,was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952. He can be considered one of the most outstanding Tasmanian batsman of his era,and was unlucky never to be selected to play test cricket for Australia,despite having toured India with an Australian side. Morrisby was the 29th player to captain the Tasmanian first-class team,but was never able to lead them to victory. An exciting batsman with a preference for playing off the back foot,he played for South Hobart Cricket Club in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition,and still holds many records in that competition,including being the all-time leading run scorer.
The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1983–84 season to play a five-match Test series against the West Indies.
Thomas Alfred Tabart,was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1897 until 1909.
Norman Dodds was an Australian first-class cricketer. He played for Tasmania from 1899 to 1908,and toured New Zealand with an Australian XI,but did not play Test cricket.
Kent County Cricket Club's 1909 season was the twentieth season in which the County competed in the County Championship. Kent played 30 first-class cricket matches during the season,losing only two matches overall,and won their second Championship title. They finished clearly ahead of second place Lancashire in the 1909 County Championship with the previous years winners Yorkshire in third place.
