David William Hookes was an Australian cricket player and coach. He played for the Australia national cricket team and domestic cricket for South Australia,later coaching Victoria. An aggressive left-handed batsman,Hookes usually batted in the middle order. His international career got off to a sensational start in the Centenary Test at Melbourne in 1977 when he hit England captain Tony Greig for five consecutive boundaries,but a combination of circumstances ensured that he never became a regular in the Australian team. He wrote in his autobiography,"I suspect history will judge me harshly as a batsman because of my modest record in 23 Tests and I can't complain about that".
William Lloyd Murdoch was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England,one of which,in 1882,gave rise to The Ashes. In 2019 Murdoch was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
Henry James Herbert"Tup" Scott was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Test cricket for Australia. He acquired his nickname during a cricket tour of England in 1884 from his love of London sightseeing tours which cost two pence or "tuppence".
Andrew Paul Sheahan is a former Australian international cricketer who played 31 Test matches and three One Day Internationals as an opening and middle order batsman between 1967 and 1973.
Nicholas Jewell is a former Australian rules footballer and a professional cricketer who played for Victoria.
Mervyn Roye Harvey was a cricketer who played in one Test match for Australia in 1947. His younger brother,Neil,was one of Australia's finest batsmen,and the pair played together for Victoria during the latter part of Merv's career.
Ronald Arthur Hamence was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. A short and compact right-handed batsman,Hamence excelled in getting forward to drive and had an array of attractive back foot strokes. Already the youngest Australian to play district cricket,he was also,from the death of Bill Brown in 2008 until his own death in 2010,the oldest surviving Australian Test cricketer.
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.
Douglas Thomas Ring was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and for Australia in 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1953. In 129 first-class cricket matches,he took 426 wickets bowling leg spin,and he had a top score of 145 runs,which was the only century of his career.
Clarence Edgar "Mick" Harvey was a first-class cricketer and Australian Test cricket umpire. He was the brother of Test batsmen Merv and Neil Harvey. He was born in Newcastle,New South Wales and died in Brisbane,Queensland.
The Harvey brothers are six siblings from Victoria,Australia,known primarily for their success in the sport of cricket between the mid-1930s and the early 1960s. The sons of Horace and Elsie Harvey,in chronological order,they are Merv (1918–1995),Clarence;1921–2016),Harold,Ray (1926-2011),Neil and Brian (1932–1969). All six were long-serving members of the Fitzroy Cricket Club,which played in Melbourne's district cricket competition.
Matthew Peter Mott is an Australian cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australian Women's Cricket Team. He currently coaches the England men's white-ball cricket team,and led the team to being the winners of the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Michael David Taylor is an Australian retired first class cricketer who played for Victoria and Tasmania,and despite never playing Test cricket or One Day Internationals for Australia,also participated in the South African rebel tours. Highlights of his career included 1000 first class runs in a season while playing with both Victoria and Tasmania and an unbeaten 234 for Victoria against the touring West Indians in Melbourne in 1984–85.
Raymond Harvey was an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey. Ray Harvey was an attacking and talented batsman but failed to reach international standards and only managed to hold down a regular position in the Victorian team in two seasons in the 1950s. This failure to match the standards set by his Test-capped brothers was often attributed to a lack of single-mindedness and hunger.
Frederick Albert Baring was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. In 1997 he was named at fullback in Essendon's official Team of the Century. He also played first-class cricket for Victoria.
Allan Robert Charles McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Affectionately referred to as "Big Bob" McLean,he later became a long-serving football administrator in South Australia. He was also a good cricketer,representing South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and topped the Australian bowling and batting averages in 1947.
Louis Charles Salvana was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was known during his football career by his first name Lou and by Charles when he played cricket.
Hugh Joseph Plant was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield during the 1930s.
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb is an Australian cricketer who is the current captain for the Victoria cricket team.
On 11 and 12 February 1851,teams from Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip District played the first cricket match between two Australian colonies,recognised in later years as the inaugural first-class cricket match in Australia. It took place at the Launceston Racecourse,known now as the NTCA Ground,in Tasmania. The match was incorporated into celebrations marking the separation of the Port Phillip District from New South Wales in 1851 as the colony of Victoria.
