Alfred Andrew-Street
| Alfred Andrew-Street | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Gordon Andrew-Street | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Bondi, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 13 December 1984 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Concord, New South Wales | ||
| Original team | Collingwood Tech[1] | ||
| Height/Weight | 174 cm | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1933-1934 | Collingwood | 6 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1934 season. | |||
Alfred Gordon Andrew-Street (8 April 1914 – 13 December 1984), known to close friends as 'Andy', was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Collingwood.
Andrew-Street was a captain and life member of Collingwood Cricket Club. Born in Bondi, Sydney, he played a total of six VFL games at Collingwood, five in 1933 and the other in 1934. His only first-class cricket game came in 1937/38 against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where he opened the batting in both innings, making 21 and 16.[2] His sporting career was cut short by service in the RAAF in WWII where he served as a pilot and flight instructor, largely in New Guinea. At age three, 'Andy' had lost his own father to WWI's Western Front at Ypres. Alfred Gordon Andrew took on his step-father's surname and went on to be educated at Trinity Grammar, Melbourne.
After a life in sales that took him and his family to three states, and having spent the last 26 years of his life in Balgowlah, he died in Sydney.
References
- ↑ "Alf Andrew-Street". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "Victoria v Tasmania 1937/38". CricketArchive.
External links
- Alfred Andrew-Street's statistics from AFL Tables
- Cricinfo profile