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| Full name | Robert Martin O'Shannassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1949 Hindmarsh, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976/77 - 1981/82 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,18 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Martin O'Shannassy (born 7 March 1949) is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer.
O'Shannassy played in four first-class matches for South Australia in 1976/77 and one List A match in 1981/82, [1] and played 16 matches for North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). [2]
Born in Hindmarsh,an inner suburb of Adelaide, [3] O'Shannassy attended Prospect Primary School and Adelaide High School [4] before studying Pharmacy at the University of Adelaide.
Originally a wicket-keeper, [4] O'Shannassy made his Adelaide Grade cricket debut for Prospect Cricket Club in the 1966/67 season,aged 17 as an all-rounder. [4] He switched to Adelaide University Cricket Club,winning the Bradman Medal for the best player in Adelaide Grade cricket in 1968/69,1979/80 and 1980/81 [5] before his appointment as captain of Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club in 1983/84. On his retirement from Grade cricket in 1986,O'Shannassy had scored 4278 runs at 18.43 and took 521 wickets at 18.34,with a highest score of 71 and best bowling performance of 8/26. [4]
O'Shannassy made his first-class debut for South Australia on 8 January 1977 against Western Australia at the WACA,scoring 10 and one not out and taking 2/75. [6]
O'Shannassy made his highest first-class score of 48 and best bowling analysis of 2/54 in the same match,against Queensland at the Adelaide Oval [7] but only played one more first-class match for South Australia.
O'Shannassy remained out of the South Australian side until the 1981/82 season when he was chosen to make his List A debut,against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 3 December 1981. He made 4* and took 2/62 from 10 overs as South Australia lost by 111 runs. [8]