Andrew Newell (cricketer)
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| Full name | Andrew Livingstone Newell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1865 Dungog, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Details unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break, right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1889-90 to 1899-1900 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Newell (born 13 November 1865, date of death unknown) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played twenty-five first-class matches for New South Wales between 1889/90 and 1899/1900.[2]
Newell, a right-arm off-spin and medium-pace bowler, was the most successful bowler in Sydney grade cricket in 1892-93, when he took 60 wickets for Glebe at an average of 5.43.[3] At the end of that season he took 6 for 25 and 4 for 27 for New South Wales in a low-scoring match against Queensland that Queensland won by 17 runs.[4] His best innings figures for New South Wales were 8 for 56 against Victoria in 1897-98.[5]
In November 1907 Newell was living with his wife in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra and working as a clerk in the Postal Department.[6][7] He had been receiving medical treatment for a nervous condition, and had had to take a break from playing cricket, when he disappeared while walking his dogs.[8] He was assumed to have died, but in early 1911 a friend in Sydney received a letter from him, sent from Valparaiso, Chile, where he had been living for some time under an assumed name.[9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Andrew Newell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Andrew Newell". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Greatest Number of Wickets". Referee: 12. 19 April 1916.
- ^ "Queensland v New South Wales 1892-93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "New South Wales v Victoria 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Missing Clerk". The Register: 6. 22 November 1907.
- ^ "Mystery Solved: Well-known cricketer's disappearance". The Burrangong Argus: 6. 4 February 1911.
- ^ "Bat and Ball". Sydney Sportsman: 2. 30 October 1907.
- ^ "Current News". Newcastle Morning Herald: 4. 1 February 1911.
- ^ "Andy Newell's Disappearance". The Sun: 5. 23 March 1911.
- ^ "The Finding of Newell". The Sun: 1. 1 February 1911.