Tim Wall

Not to be confused with Tim Walz.

Tim Wall
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Welbourn Wall
Born(1904-05-13)13 May 1904
Semaphore, South Australia
Died26 March 1981(1981-03-26) (aged 76)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 133)8 March 1929 v England
Last Test20 July 1934 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 18 108
Runs scored 121 1,071
Batting average 6.36 10.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 20 53*
Balls bowled 4,812 21,604
Wickets 56 330
Bowling average 35.89 29.93
5 wickets in innings 3 10
10 wickets in match 0 2
Best bowling 5/14 10/36
Catches/stumpings 11/– 54/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2021

Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall (13 May 1904 – 26 March 1981) was an Australian cricketer who played eighteen Test matches between 1929 and 1934. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against England in Melbourne.[1]

Wall was a school teacher in Adelaide before and after his cricket career. He died in 1981 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Wall's 10–36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia.[2] It is also the only ten-wicket innings ever recorded for South Australia.

Wall's grandson Brett Swain played 23 first-class matches for South Australia from 1994 to 2001.

References

  1. ^ "5th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 8–16, 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Sheffield Shield: Best bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.


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