Bert Ironmonger

Bert Ironmonger
Cricket information
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 14 96
Runs scored 42 476
Batting average 2.62 5.95
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 12 36*
Balls bowled 4695 27431
Wickets 74 464
Bowling average 17.97 21.50
5 wickets in innings 4 36
10 wickets in match 2 11
Best bowling 7/23 8/31
Catches/stumpings 3/0 31/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Herbert Ironmonger (7 April 1882 in Pine Mountain, Queensland – 31 May 1971 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia) was a Queensland, Victorian and Australian cricketer.

He was the youngest of ten children of a farmer. As a child, he lost the forefinger of his left hand (his bowling hand) in an industrial accident.[1]

A grandstand at the Junction Oval in St Kilda, Melbourne bears his name.

A graph showing Ironmonger's Test career bowling statistics and how they varied over time.

He only made his first-class debut for Queensland at the age of 27, moving to Victoria in 1914, and his Test debut came at 46. He played Test cricket until the age of 50, and first-class cricket until the age of 53. He is the fourth-oldest Test debutant, and the second-oldest Test player, records which are unlikely to be broken.

Unsurprisingly because of his age, his Test career spanned only 14 matches, during which he took 74 wickets at an average of 17.97. In that time though he achieved some outstanding results.

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