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Full name | Oscar Wendell Bill | ||||||||||||||
Born | Waverley, Sydney, Australia | 8 April 1910||||||||||||||
Died | 10 May 1988 Sydney, Australia | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1929/30–1935/36 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 22 December 2016 |
Oscar Wendell Bill (8 April 1910 – 10 May 1988) was an Australian cricketer. [1] He played 35 first-class matches, mostly for New South Wales, between 1929–30 and 1935–36. [2]
Bill was one of the children of George Thomas Bill, an English-born lecturer at the University of Sydney. [3] Before he played first-class cricket, Bill was a substitute fielder for New South Wales in one of their matches against the touring MCC in 1928–29; he ended up fielding for most of the match as both sides lost players to injury. [3]
An opening batsman, Bill made a century on his first-class debut against Tasmania in 1929–30. [4] He made his highest score of 153 in 1930–31 against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. [5]
Bill toured India and Ceylon with the Australian team in 1935–36, scoring three centuries in the first-class matches, including 101 against Ceylon after Ceylon had been dismissed for 96. [6] In the low-scoring unofficial Test at Calcutta he was the top-scorer on either side with 16 and 45 not out. [7] He was one of the Australians' leading batsmen until the match against Patiala when, on 118, his jaw was broken by a delivery from the fast bowler Mohammad Nissar. It was Bill's last first-class match. [8] He wrote a continuing account of the tour for the weekly Sydney Mail between November 1935 and March 1936. [9]
In November 1931, Bill appeared with his New South Wales teammate Don Bradman for a Blackheath team against a team from Lithgow in a match to celebrate the laying of a new artificial pitch at Blackheath. At one point, in three eight-ball overs, Bradman scored 100 runs while Bill, at the other end, made two singles. [10] [8]
During World War II, Bill was in the Australian Army from May 1943 to March 1946, serving as a private in an anti-aircraft unit. [11] He married Patricia Adams in Sydney in March 1946. [12] He worked in Alan Kippax's sporting goods store in Sydney before becoming a partner in his own sporting goods store. [8]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Oscar Wendell Bill | ||||||||||||||
Born | Waverley, Sydney, Australia | 8 April 1910||||||||||||||
Died | 10 May 1988 Sydney, Australia | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1929/30–1935/36 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 22 December 2016 |
Oscar Wendell Bill (8 April 1910 – 10 May 1988) was an Australian cricketer. [1] He played 35 first-class matches, mostly for New South Wales, between 1929–30 and 1935–36. [2]
Bill was one of the children of George Thomas Bill, an English-born lecturer at the University of Sydney. [3] Before he played first-class cricket, Bill was a substitute fielder for New South Wales in one of their matches against the touring MCC in 1928–29; he ended up fielding for most of the match as both sides lost players to injury. [3]
An opening batsman, Bill made a century on his first-class debut against Tasmania in 1929–30. [4] He made his highest score of 153 in 1930–31 against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. [5]
Bill toured India and Ceylon with the Australian team in 1935–36, scoring three centuries in the first-class matches, including 101 against Ceylon after Ceylon had been dismissed for 96. [6] In the low-scoring unofficial Test at Calcutta he was the top-scorer on either side with 16 and 45 not out. [7] He was one of the Australians' leading batsmen until the match against Patiala when, on 118, his jaw was broken by a delivery from the fast bowler Mohammad Nissar. It was Bill's last first-class match. [8] He wrote a continuing account of the tour for the weekly Sydney Mail between November 1935 and March 1936. [9]
In November 1931, Bill appeared with his New South Wales teammate Don Bradman for a Blackheath team against a team from Lithgow in a match to celebrate the laying of a new artificial pitch at Blackheath. At one point, in three eight-ball overs, Bradman scored 100 runs while Bill, at the other end, made two singles. [10] [8]
During World War II, Bill was in the Australian Army from May 1943 to March 1946, serving as a private in an anti-aircraft unit. [11] He married Patricia Adams in Sydney in March 1946. [12] He worked in Alan Kippax's sporting goods store in Sydney before becoming a partner in his own sporting goods store. [8]