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Full name | John McIlwraith | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Collingwood, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria | 7 September 1857|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 July 1938 Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria | (aged 80)|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 43) | 12 August 1886 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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John McIlwraith (7 September 1857 – 5 July 1938) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1886. [1]
Jack McIlwraith was the son of John McIlwraith, the co-founder of the McIlwraith McEacharn shipping company and Mayor of Melbourne in 1873–74, [2] and the nephew of Thomas McIlwraith, who was several times Premier of Queensland. Jack was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. [3] He worked with McIlwraith McEacharn, managing the Melbourne office while still in his twenties, and later became a director. [4] [3] He was also involved with the company's lead-manufacturing concern. [5]
McIlwraith played for Melbourne Cricket Club, scoring more than 1500 runs in the 1883–84 season. [6] He was selected to play for Victoria in 1884–85. [3] He was the outstanding batsman in the short Australian first-class season in 1885–86, scoring 315 runs at an average of 78.75, with two centuries; only one other batsman scored a century, and the next most successful batsman made 201 runs. [7] He made his highest first-class score of 133 in the first match of the season, an innings victory for Victoria over New South Wales. [8]
He toured England in 1886 with the Australian team, but was only moderately successful in a team that lost all three Tests. He was handicapped on English pitches by the lack of a sound defence, and made only 520 runs at an average of 16.25. [9] He improved towards the end of the tour and played in the Third Test, but scored only 2 and 7 in an innings defeat. [3] [10] He continued playing for Victoria until 1889, when he retired to concentrate on the family business. [9]
McIlwraith was also a leading Australian rules footballer for Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1880s. [11]
McIlwraith married Florence Edith Osborn in June 1885. [12] When he died on 5 July 1938 he left no family, his wife and only daughter having pre-deceased him. [5]
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Full name | John McIlwraith | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Collingwood, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria | 7 September 1857|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 July 1938 Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria | (aged 80)|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 43) | 12 August 1886 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 28 April 2019 |
John McIlwraith (7 September 1857 – 5 July 1938) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1886. [1]
Jack McIlwraith was the son of John McIlwraith, the co-founder of the McIlwraith McEacharn shipping company and Mayor of Melbourne in 1873–74, [2] and the nephew of Thomas McIlwraith, who was several times Premier of Queensland. Jack was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. [3] He worked with McIlwraith McEacharn, managing the Melbourne office while still in his twenties, and later became a director. [4] [3] He was also involved with the company's lead-manufacturing concern. [5]
McIlwraith played for Melbourne Cricket Club, scoring more than 1500 runs in the 1883–84 season. [6] He was selected to play for Victoria in 1884–85. [3] He was the outstanding batsman in the short Australian first-class season in 1885–86, scoring 315 runs at an average of 78.75, with two centuries; only one other batsman scored a century, and the next most successful batsman made 201 runs. [7] He made his highest first-class score of 133 in the first match of the season, an innings victory for Victoria over New South Wales. [8]
He toured England in 1886 with the Australian team, but was only moderately successful in a team that lost all three Tests. He was handicapped on English pitches by the lack of a sound defence, and made only 520 runs at an average of 16.25. [9] He improved towards the end of the tour and played in the Third Test, but scored only 2 and 7 in an innings defeat. [3] [10] He continued playing for Victoria until 1889, when he retired to concentrate on the family business. [9]
McIlwraith was also a leading Australian rules footballer for Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1880s. [11]
McIlwraith married Florence Edith Osborn in June 1885. [12] When he died on 5 July 1938 he left no family, his wife and only daughter having pre-deceased him. [5]