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.
Thomas Kingston Kendall was an Australian cricketer,who played in two Test matches in 1877,including the inaugural Test which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.
Shaun Young is an Australian Football administrator for Eastlake Football Club,Canberra,and former professional cricketer who played in a single Test match for Australia in 1997. He played for Tasmania in Australian domestic cricket.
Rodney James Tucker is an Australian cricket umpire,member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel and officiates in international Tests,ODIs and T20Is. He was a cricketer who played briefly for New South Wales from 1985/86 to 1987/88,before moving to Tasmania where he played from 1987/88 to 1998/99. He was also vice-captain of Tasmania from 1991/92 until 1995/96. He briefly played as Captain/Coach for the Canberra Comets in the 1999/2000 season before retiring from cricket as a player.
The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state,plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the Ruth Preddy Cup. New South Wales have historically dominated the competition,appearing in the first 24 title deciders and winning 20 championships. The streak of final appearances was broken in the 2020–21 season when they finished in fourth place. Tasmania are the current champions.
Brendan Gerrard Drew is an Australian cricketer,who played domestic cricket for the Tasmanian Tigers. When not on Tasmanian duty,Drew played Tasmanian club cricket for the Lindisfarne Cricket Club. A tall bowler who generates a lot of pace and bounce,Drew arrived in Tasmania mid-season in 2005 to fill in for a bowling attack struck by injury. He had a solid 2006 season,taking 20 Pura Cup wickets at 31.60 in six matches,and was 12th man in the Tasmania's historic first ever Pura Cup win in 2006–07. Drew later moved to Victoria and played premier cricket for Camberwell,and won the Jack Ryder Medal as Premier Cricket's best player in 2016–17.
Jonathan Wayne Wells is an Australian cricket player,who plays for Western Australia in first-class and one-day cricket,and the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League (BBL). He originates from Tasmania,and represented Tasmania in both first-class and one-day cricket prior.
Brian Fettes Davison is a former cricketer who played 467 first-class matches for Rhodesia,Gloucestershire,Leicestershire and Tasmania,and former member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
William Field was an Australian cricketer,who played one game for Tasmania.
William Henty. He moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862.
Kade Michael Munday is an Australian cricketer who has played for Tasmania and an Australian rules footballer who played for the Tasmanian Football League club Burnie Dockers.
Nicholas James Kruger is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Queensland and List A cricket for Tasmania. A left hand opening batsman,Kruger made his debut in 2003 as 19-year-old,however,his career has been set back by a number of shoulder injuries. He scored his highest first-class score in a tour match against the touring West Indies cricket team in November 2009.
John Carr Lord was an Australian first-class cricketer and racehorse breeder.
Edward Butler was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1873. He also played for Tasmania and Marylebone Cricket Club. His brother,Francis,also played first-class cricket.
William Holden Walker was an English-born Australian cricketer. As captain of the Tasmanian cricket team,Walker was one of Tasmania's leading cricketers of his time. Known for his all-round capabilities,he was a right-handed batsman and an underarm bowler,as well as keeping wicket. Walker was named in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League's "Team of the Decade" for the decade spanning 1866–67 to 1875–76.
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.
William Lemuel Sidebottom was an Australian cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Tasmania between 1883 and 1895.
William Keith Eltham was an Australian cricketer. He played eleven first-class matches for Tasmania between 1909 and 1914. He was killed in action during World War I.
William Reid was an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Tasmania in 1908/09.
Michael Kirkman is an English former first-class cricketer.
