Cricket Australia (CA),formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB),is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company,limited by guarantee.
The Queensland cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:
Charles Thomas Biass Turner was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia. Among his accomplishments were:
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.Hill is regarded as one of the best batsman of his era.
Hugh Trumble was an Australian cricketer who played 32 Test matches as a bowling all-rounder between 1890 and 1904. He captained the Australian team in two Tests,winning both. Trumble took 141 wickets in Test cricket—a world record at the time of his retirement—at an average of 21.78 runs per wicket. He is one of only four bowlers to twice take a hat-trick in Test cricket. Observers in Trumble's day,including the authoritative Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,regarded him as ranking among the great Australian bowlers of the Golden Age of cricket. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1897 and the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame,established in 1996,inducted him in 2004.
George Henry Stevens Trott was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman,spin bowler and outstanding fielder,"it is as a captain that he is best remembered,an understanding judge of human nature". After a period of some instability and ill discipline in Australian cricket,he was the first in a succession of assertive Australian captains that included Joe Darling,Monty Noble and Clem Hill,who restored the prestige of the Test team. Respected by teammates and opponents alike for his cricketing judgement,Trott was quick to pick up a weakness in opponents. A right-handed batsman,he was known for his sound defence and vigorous hitting. His slow leg-spin bowling was often able to deceive batsmen through subtle variations of pace and flight,but allowed opposition batsmen to score quickly.
Colin Leslie McCool was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Test matches between 1946 and 1950. McCool,born in Paddington,New South Wales,was an all-rounder who bowled leg spin and googlies with a round arm action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective square of the wicket and against spin bowling. He made his Test début against New Zealand in 1946,taking a wicket with his second delivery. He was part of Donald Bradman's Invincibles team that toured England in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the Test matches.
Hanson "Sammy" Carter was a cricketer who played for Australia and New South Wales.
Henry Frederick "Harry" Boyle was a leading Australian cricketer of the 1870s and 1880s.
Henry "Harry" Moses was an Australian cricketer who played in six Tests,all in Australia against England,between 1887 and 1895. He was later a prominent bowler and businessman in Sydney.
Harold Edward Gilbert,known as Eddie Gilbert,was an Australian Aboriginal cricketer who represented Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. He was described as an exceptionally fast bowler. He competed for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield between 1930 and 1936. Described by Don Bradman as the fastest bowler he ever faced,Bradman said he was “faster than anything seen from Harold Larwood or anyone else.”
Jack Marsh was an Australian first-class cricketer of Australian Aboriginal descent who represented New South Wales in six matches from 1900–01 to 1902–03. A right-arm fast bowler of extreme pace,Marsh was blessed with high athletic qualities and was regarded as one of the outstanding talents of his era. His career was curtailed by continual controversy surrounding the legality of his bowling action;he was no-balled multiple times for throwing. As a result of the debate over the legitimacy of his action,Marsh never established himself at first-class level and was overlooked for national selection. In contemporary discourse,Marsh's lack of opportunities has often been attributed to racial discrimination.
Alfred Richardson Holdship was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1893 to 1899. He was the second captain of the New Zealand cricket team.
John William Grant is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1964 to 1969.
Charles Robert Smith was a New Zealand cricketer,cricket administrator and businessman who played four matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1892. He was one of the founders of the New Zealand Cricket Council in 1894.
Michael Pierce was an Australian cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1892/93 and 1894/95.
William Francis Bradley was an Australian cricketer. He played fifteen first-class matches for Queensland between 1892-93 and 1899-1900 and was the States first first-class captain and wicket-keeper.
William Thornton Fisher was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Queensland between 1892–93 and 1893–94. He was South Brisbane's first captain in Queensland district cricket.
Arthur Jones was an Australian cricketer who began his career as a spin bowler but later improved his batting and kept wicket. He played in three first-class matches for Queensland between 1897 and 1911. In his career he was a lawyer.
Marmaduke Francis Ramsay was an English first-class cricketer and a pastoralist in Queensland.
