Charles Salvana

Charles Salvana
Personal information
Full name Louis Charles Salvana
Nickname(s) Lou
Date of birth 20 January 1897
Place of birth Camberwell, Victoria
Date of death 8 December 1974(1974-12-08) (aged 77)
Place of death Mitcham, Victoria
Original team(s) Prahran
Height / weight 183 cm / 77 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Melbourne 6 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Louis Charles Salvana (20 January 1897 – 8 December 1974) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was known during his football career by his first name Lou and by Charles when he played cricket.

Salvana spent the 1919 VFL season with Melbourne and made six appearances for their seniors that year, all in losses. The Prahran recruit kicked two goals in a game against Carlton at the MCG.

He did not play again after that year and instead turned his attention to cricket, appearing in his first and only first-class cricket match in the 1926/27 summer. The match, a Sheffield Shield encounter against New South Wales, took place at the Sydney Cricket Ground. New South Wales batted first and amassed 469, on the back of an unbeaten 217 by Alan Kippax. Salvana did not bowl but contributed with a catch to dismiss Test player Johnny Taylor. A right-handed batsman, Salvana opened the batting in each of Victoria's innings and made scores of six and a duck. In the second innings he was dismissed by Charlie Macartney, an Australian representative.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "New South Wales v Victoria 1926/27". CricketArchive.
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