Leo O'Brien
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For the former US congressman from New York, see Leo W. O'Brien
For the former Wisconsin politician, see Leo P. O'Brien
Leo Patrick Joseph O'Brien (born 2 July 1907, West Melbourne, Victoria
, died 13 March 1997, Mentone, Victoria
) was an Australia
n cricket
er who played in 5 Tests
from 1932 to 1936.
He attended both Xavier College
and St Patrick's College, Ballarat
.
Leo W. O'Brien
Leo William O'Brien was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.O'Brien was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Niagara University in 1922. He was elected to Congress in 1952 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William T...
For the former Wisconsin politician, see Leo P. O'Brien
Leo P. O'Brien
Leo P. O'Brien was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.-Biography:O'Brien was born on July 20, 1893 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University and St. Norbert College. During World War I and World War II, he served with the United States...
Leo Patrick Joseph O'Brien (born 2 July 1907, West Melbourne, Victoria
West Melbourne, Victoria
West Melbourne is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...
, died 13 March 1997, Mentone, Victoria
Mentone, Victoria
Mentone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston...
) was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 5 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
from 1932 to 1936.
He attended both Xavier College
Xavier College
Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
and St Patrick's College, Ballarat
St Patrick's College, Ballarat
St Patrick's College was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1893. It is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school, located in Ballarat, Australia. It provides education for boys from Year 7 to Year 12, with an emphasis on sporting and academic programmes...
.