Leo O'Connor (cricketer)
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
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| First-class record | ||
| Matches | 46 | |
| Runs scored | 3311 | |
| Batting average | 39.89 | |
| 100s/50s | 9/13 | |
| Top score | 196 | |
| Balls bowled | 3 | |
| Wickets | 0 | |
| Bowling average | - | |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | |
| 10 wickets in match | - | |
| Best Bowling | - | |
| Catches/Stumpings | 82/21 | |
| First class debut: January 31, 1913 Last first class game: January 17, 1930 Source: [1] |
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Leo Patrick Devereaux O'Connor (April 11, 1890 - January 16, 1985) was an Australian first class cricketer who captained and kept wicket for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
Prior to commencing his first class cricket career, O'Connor played briefly with Australian rules football club Essendon in the VFL.
He made his first appearance for Queensland in 1913 and was a regular for the state whenever they played a first class match over the following decade and a half. When Queensland made their Sheffield Shield debut in 1926-27 O'Connor was named as their inaugural captain.
Their first game was against New South Wales at Brisbane and with Queensland set 400 to win in the 4th innings he opened the batting and made 196 before being run out.[1] He had been the last wicket to fall and Queensland fell just 8 runs short of the target.
Queensland travelled to Sydney the following week to play their away fixture and O'Connor scored a century in both innings, thus becoming the first Queenslander to do so in Shield history.[2] It would be a good season for O'Connor with the bat, he finished with 731 runs at 66.45.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Scorecard: NSW vs Queensland at Brisbane 1926-27. CricketArchive.
- ^ Leo O'Connor and the Queensland quest. Cricinfo.
- ^ Sheffield Shield 1926-27 Leading Batsmen. CricketArchive.
