Burnie is a port city in Tasmania,Australia,located in Emu Bay on the north-west coast,47 kilometres (29 mi) west from Devonport and 17 kilometres (11 mi) east from Wynyard. With an urban population of 19,550 in 2019,Burnie is the fourth largest city in Tasmania,serving as a major port for north-western agricultural and mining industries.
David Clarence Boon is an Australian cricket match referee,former cricket commentator and international cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1996. A right-handed batsman and a very occasional off-spin bowler,he played first-class cricket for both his home state Tasmania and English county side Durham. Boon was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
The Tasmania men's cricket team,nicknamed the Tigers,represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season,which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup.
Michael James Di Venuto is an Australian cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who represented both Australia and Italy. The bulk of his first-class cricket career was spent playing for Tasmanian Tigers. After retiring from representative cricket in Australia,he continued playing for Durham County Cricket Club till July 2012,when he announced retirement from County Cricket. He has also previously played cricket in England for Derbyshire and Sussex. A left hand opening batsman,his form for Tasmania throughout the mid-1990s earned him a call up for the Australian national cricket team in the One Day International arena,although after nine games he was dropped. Like some of his contemporary Tasmanian teammates such as Jamie Cox,Dene Hills,and Shaun Young,Di Venuto can be considered unlucky to have not had a more successful international career,as he was playing at a time when the Australian national cricket team was highly dominant,and difficult to earn selection for. After retiring from Durham,he was appointed Australia's full-time batting coach by head coach Mickey Arthur,and was then head coach of Surrey from 2016 until 2020.
Laurence John Nash was a Test cricketer and Australian rules footballer. An inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame,Nash was a member of South Melbourne's 1933 premiership team,captained South Melbourne in 1937 and was the team's leading goal kicker in 1937 and 1945. In cricket,Nash was a fast bowler and hard hitting lower order batsman who played two Test matches for Australia,taking 10 wickets at 12.80 runs per wicket,and scoring 30 runs at a batting average of 15.
Clayvel Lindsay "Jack" Badcock was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1936 to 1938.
Samuel John Everett Loxton was an Australian cricketer,footballer and politician. Among these three pursuits,his greatest achievements were attained on the cricket field;he played in 12 Tests for Australia from 1948 to 1951. A right-handed all-rounder,Loxton was part of Don Bradman's Invincibles,who went through the 1948 tour of England undefeated,an unprecedented achievement that has never been matched. As well as being a hard-hitting middle-order batsman,Loxton was a right-arm fast-medium swing bowler who liked to aim at the upper bodies of the opposition,and an outfielder with an accurate and powerful throw. After being dropped from the national team,Loxton represented Victoria for seven more seasons before retiring from first-class cricket. He served as an administrator after his playing days were over and spent 24 years as a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Up until 1946,Loxton also played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for St Kilda as a forward. In all three arenas,he was known for his energetic approach.
John Charles Hill was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1953 to 1955.
Edward George Wynyard was an English sportsman and a career officer in the British Army. He was primarily known as a first-class cricketer who played at domestic level predominantly for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),in addition to playing Test cricket for England on three occasions. He made over 150 appearances in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1912,as a batsman whom Wisden described as "a splendid forcing batsman". He scored over 8,300 runs and made thirteen centuries. He was an important figure in Hampshire's return to first-class status in 1894,and shortly after he was engaged as both captain and president of Hampshire. Wynyard would later serve on the committee of the MCC.
Mark James Cosgrove is an Australian-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006.
Keith Bradshaw was an Australian cricketer,accountant and administrator.
Jason John Krejza is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the Tasmanian Tigers and Leicestershire. Krejza's father was an association football player from Czechoslovakia and his mother was born in Poland. His nickname is "Krazy".
Jonathan Wayne Wells is an Australian cricket player,who plays for Western Australia in first-class and one-day cricket,and the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League (BBL). He originates from Tasmania,and represented Tasmania in both first-class and one-day cricket prior.
Dene Fleetwood Hills is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a left-handed top order batsman,who spent much of his career opening the batting alongside Jamie Cox. He is regarded by some peers and opponents as one of the better players never to have played test cricket. He currently works as a performance analyst for the Australia national cricket team.
Gary Weech Goodman is a former cricketer who played for Tasmania and South Australia. He was the chief executive of ACT Cricket for four years.
James Archibald "Snowy" Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer.
West Park Oval is an Australian Rules football,cycling and athletics venue located on the shores of Bass Strait in Burnie,Tasmania. It is the current home of the Burnie Dockers in the Tasmanian State League and previously in the NTFL and in the original TFL Statewide League.
Edwin Emerson Rodwell,MM was an Australian soldier,cricket player,umpire,commentator and administrator. He fought in World War II,in New Guinea,and Borneo,and was awarded the Military Medal. Rodwell was an opening batsman and a prolific run-scorer at club level,and represented Tasmania on 15 occasions at first-class level,captaining the side five times between 1950 and 1951 and 1955–56. He also played three times for a first-class "Tasmania Combined XI". During his captaincy Tasmania won their first first-class match after a winless period of over 20 years,making him the first successful Tasmanian captain since Jim Atkinson in the early 1930s.
George Herbert Bailey was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1873 to 1893 and for the Australian team in England and North America in 1878.
Joseph Francis Wilson was an Australian sportsman who was prominent during the late 19th century. Originally from Launceston,Tasmania,he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and played Australian rules football and cricket for the school's firsts aged only 15. In addition to his school sports,Wilson played football for the Launceston Football Club in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and cricket for several senior Launceston clubs. He established himself as one of Launceston's best all-round sportsmen by the time he completed high school;he was a prominent member of Launceston Football Club's consecutive NTFA premiership teams of 1888 and 1889,and he regularly represented Northern Tasmania in cricket and football.
