Bert Tobin
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| Full name | Bertrandt Joseph Tobin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1910 North Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 1969 (aged 58) Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930-31 to 1930-34 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bertrandt Joseph Tobin (11 November 1910 – 19 October 1969) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1930 to 1935.
Life and career[edit]
The son of a railway official, Bert Tobin lived in North Adelaide. He was educated at Rostrevor College in Adelaide from 1925 to 1928, boarding in his final two years. He was a prominent member of the school's cricket and football teams.[1] He won the South Australian Junior Golf Championship in 1928.[2]
A hard-hitting batsman in the middle or lower order and a fast-medium opening bowler, Tobin stood six feet two inches tall.[3] He made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1930–31 season just before his 20th birthday. He took his best first-class figures of 4 for 31 against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield in November 1932, when he and Tim Wall dismissed Victoria for 92 and South Australia won by three wickets.[4] He made his highest first-class score of 61 in the next match, against New South Wales.[5]
Despite his good form it was a surprise when he was selected in the Australian team for the Fourth Test against England later that season, as his overall achievements had been moderate: "a useful rather than a match-winning figure in South Australian cricket".[6] He probably owed his selection to his ability to bowl bouncers.[2] In the event he was made twelfth man and was not selected for Australia again.[7][8]
During his South Australian career Tobin worked in the Adelaide sports store part-owned by the cricketer Philip Lee.[3] He left Australia in 1935 to play as a professional for Rishton in the Lancashire League.[1] He remained in the UK, marrying a rich woman and playing club cricket in Scotland.[7][9] After two decades abroad he returned to Australia, coaching cricket in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon and in Alice Springs.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bert Tobin '28". Rostrevor College. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 534.
- ^ a b "Bert Tobin: Australia's New Test Player". Sporting Globe. 8 February 1933. p. 10.
- ^ "South Australia v Victoria 1932-33". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "South Australia v New South Wales 1932-33". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Team for Fourth Test". Chronicle. 2 February 1933. p. 40.
- ^ a b David Frith, Bodyline Autopsy, ABC Books, Sydney, 2002, p. 274.
- ^ Williamson, Martin. "Bert Tobin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Harry Hopman's Sports Talk". The Herald. 10 November 1949. p. 25.
External links[edit]
- Bert Tobin at ESPNcricinfo
- Bert Tobin at CricketArchive