Syd Gregory

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Syd Gregory Australia (AUS)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	58	369
Runs scored	2282	15187
Batting average	24.53	28.54
100s/50s	4/8	25/65
Top score	201	201
Balls bowled	30	599
Wickets	0	2
Bowling average	-	195.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	-	1/8
Catches/stumpings	25/0	175/0
Test debut: 21 July 1890 Last Test: 19 August 1912 Source: [1]

Sydney Edward Gregory (1870–1929), sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was an Australian Test cricketer who played 58 Tests from 1890 to 1912. A right-handed batsmen, he was also a renowned fielder, particularly at cover point.

Gregory was born on April 14, 1870 at Moore Park, New South Wales, not far from the present site of the Sydney Cricket Ground. His father, Ned Gregory, was one of the eleven Australians selected to play in a match against England at the MCG in 1877 - a match that would later be designated as the first ever Test. Ned Gregory would later serve as curator at the SCG, occupying this position at the time of the birth of son Syd. Syd Gregory's uncle Dave was Australia's first Test cricket captain, and his nephew Jack was the nation's most feared fast bowler of the 1920s.

Syd Gregory made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the season of 1889/90. Six months later, he was selected to tour England with the Australian Test team. Gregory would tour England a further nine times - in 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1905, 1909 and finally in 1912 - and South Africa once (1902).

In 1912, six of Australia's leading cricketers - including captain Clem Hill - refused to tour England for the inaugural Triangular Test series. A largely untried team, led by Gregory, was selected in its place. Although Australia lost only one of its six Tests, the cricket was overshadowed by the Australian team's poor behaviour. Gregory was heavily criticised for his inability to control the off-field antics of members of his team.

Away from cricket, Gregory was initially employed by the postal service before opening a "men's shop" - containing a tobacconist, barber and sporting store among others - with two business partners in Sydney's King Street in the mid-1890s. In 1896, he married a woman named Maria Sullivan. When his business failed in 1902, Gregory was forced to take a clerical job at the Water Board.

Syd Gregory died on August 1, 1929 at Randwick, an eastern suburb of Sydney. He was 59.

Contents 1 Career highlights 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Career highlights

• Test debut: vs. England at Lord's, London, 21-23 July 1890.
• Final Test: vs. England at The Oval, London, 19-22 August 1912.
• Highest Test score: 201 vs. England at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 14-20 December 1894. This was the first instance in which a double-century was scored in a Test on an Australian cricket ground.
• Captaincy record: Gregory captained Australia six times, winning two and losing one (three drawn).
• Syd Gregory was one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1897.
• Syd Gregory has played the maximum number of Test matches by a non-Englishman at Lord's.

[edit] References

• Perry, Roland (2000). Captain Australia: A history of the celebrated captains of Australian Test cricket. Sydney. Random House. ISBN 1-74051-174-3.

[edit] See also

• List of Test or One-day International cricket families

[edit] External links

• Cricinfo Article on Syd Gregory

Preceded by: Clem Hill

Australian Test cricket captains 1912

Succeeded by: Warwick Armstrong

Persondata
NAME	Gregory, Sydney Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cyd
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Moore Park, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1929
PLACE OF DEATH	Randwick, New South Wales