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| Full name | Michael George Gandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1944 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mahatma [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1969 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WTests umpired | 1 (1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC umpired | 6 (1985–1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA umpired | 1 (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael George Gandy OAM (born 28 August 1944) is an Australian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in a tour match against West Indies in January 1969. He later became an umpire,officiating in one Women's Test,six first-class matches and one List A cricket match. [2] [3]
Gandy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for service to cricket. [4] He served as a Cricket Tasmania board member for 16 years and helped found the Tasmanian cricket museum. [1] He has also written or compiled several books of Tasmanian cricket history,including History of the Development of Tasmanian Cricket Association First Class Cricket Grounds 1832-2002 (2002),Break O'Day:A Cricket Anthology:A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania (2008),Break O'Day:Cricket Anthology 2:Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania's Newsletter (2017) and Tigers Roar:Celebrating 150 Years of the Tasmanian Cricket Association (2015,with Ric Finlay and Rick Smith). [5]
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