Bertie Tuckwell
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| Full name | Bertie Joseph Tuckwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1882 Carlton, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 1943 (aged 60) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902/03–1903/04 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912/13–1914/15 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1917/18 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 February 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bertie Joseph Tuckwell (6 October 1882 – 2 January 1943) was an Australian-born cricketer who played first-class cricket in Australia and New Zealand during the early years of the 20th century.[1]
Born in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton in 1882, Tuckwell was educated at University College in Armadale.[2] He played three first-class matches for Victoria during the 1902–03 and 1903–04 seasons.[3] On his first-class debut, in Victoria's first-ever match against Queensland,[4] he scored 93 not out, batting at number seven, before Victoria declared. Victoria won by an innings.[5] He played club cricket for St Kilda and Melbourne Cricket Clubs before moving to New Zealand. He continued to play cricket there, playing four first-class matches for Otago before World War I and two for Wellington during the 1918–19 season.[3]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913–14, and later that season he played for the New Zealand side against the touring Australian team in New Zealand.[4] In the first of the two international matches, batting at number three, he top-scored for New Zealand in the first innings with 50, but he was omitted from the team for the second match.[6] As well as being an attractive batsman, strong on the cut, he was a reliable slip fieldsman.[4]
Tuckwell was a prominent businessman in Wellington. He died there on 2 January 1943 after a short illness at the age of 60. He was survived by his son and two daughters.[1][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bertie Tuckwell". CricInfo. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 131. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b Bertie Tuckwell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 January 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c E. H. M. Baillie, "B. J. Tuckwell Dies in New Zealand", Sporting Globe, 24 February 1942, p. 13.
- ^ "Queensland v Victoria 1902-03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 57–58.
- ^ "Mr. B. J. Tuckwell". The Evening Post. 4 January 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2015.