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Tim Wall

Tim Wall

Australian cricketer

Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall (13 May 1904 – 26 March 1981) was an Australian cricketer who played eighteen Test matches between 1929 and 1934. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against England in Melbourne.[1]

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Wall was a school teacher in Adelaide before and after his cricket career. He died in 1981 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Wall's 10–36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia.[2] It is also the only ten-wicket innings ever recorded for South Australia.

Wall's grandson Brett Swain played 23 first-class matches for South Australia from 1994 to 2001.

References

  1. [1]
    "5th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 8–16, 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Sheffield Shield: Best bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.


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