Ted Badcock
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Frederick Theodore Badcock (9 August 1897 – 19 September 1982) was a New Zealand
first-class
and Test
cricket
er. Perhaps the best all-rounder
in New Zealand in the inter-war period, he played seven Tests for New Zealand
between 1930 and 1933, including New Zealand's inaugural Test in 1930. He is the only player to be out first ball in both innings on his Test debut.
in North-West Frontier Province
of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
). He was educated at Wellington College
in Berkshire, and served in the British Army
in India. He played for the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1923, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1924, where be became a first-class cricketer and cricket coach.
A fine batsman and bowler, and also an excellent fielder, he was perhaps the best all-rounder in New Zealand in the inter-war period. On occasion, he also opened the batting. He achieved great success with the ball in his first three seasons of domestic cricket. In 1925/26, he took 37 wickets in 4 matches at average of 17.05; in 1926/27, he took 23 wickets in 3 matches, averaging 11.69; in 1927/28, he took 17 wickets in 3 matches at an average 17.94. His batting also started promisingly, hitting 65 in his first game, and 57 in the second, but then did not pass 50 runs until he hit his maiden first-class century against Canterbury in 1927.
He was selected to join the New Zealand
team that toured England in 1927
, but was dropped on account of his age, but took 4-82 and 4-23 for Wellington against the Australians tourists in 1927-28, and was then selected to play for New Zealand in two representative matches against the tourists. He took only 1-121 in the first match, and 0-14 and 2-33 in the second match. His batting was also unspectacular: he was twice bowled by Clarrie Grimmett
without scoring, and was dismissed for 2 runs in his other completed innings.
Badcock also played as a professional in the Lancashire League, for Nelson
in 1934 and 1935, and also for Church in 1935. He also played cricket in England during the Second World War, for representative British Empire
cricket teams, for Civil Defence Services, for Northamptonshire
. Immediately after the end of the Second World War, he played a series of games for New Zealand Services
against a Lord's XI, Australian Imperial Forces
, WR Hammond's XI, Sir PF Warner's XI, and the Royal Air Force
, including a final first-class match in September 1945 against HDG Leveson-Gower
's XI. Aged 47, he took 6-166 against a team that included Len Hutton
, Cyril Washbrook
and Bill Edrich
.
In all, he played 53 first-class matches. As a batsman, he scored four first-class centuries - two for Wellington and two for Otago - and 13 fifties, with a first-class batting average
of 25.62. He set his top score of 155 for Wellington in the Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in January 1927, also his maiden first-class century. As a bowler, he took 221 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 23.57. He took five wickets in an innings on 14 occasions, and 10 wickets in a match 5 times. His best bowling of 7-50 came in his debut match against Canterbury in January 1925.
He was a member of the team that played New Zealand's first Test match, played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, in January 1930, against a touring MCC
team. He made an inauspicious debut with the bat: he was bowled
out for a king pair, dismissed first ball in both innings, by Maurice Allom
in the first innings and by Stan Nichols
in the second innings. The first dismissal came in after English bowler Allom had dismissed two New Zealand batsmen with his previous two deliveries; after Tom Lowry
and Ken James
, Badcock's wicket completed Allom's only Test hat-trick. Lowry had only faced two balls, Allom having bowled Stewie Dempster immediately beforehand, to take four wickets in five balls. Badcock fared slightly better with the ball. He opened the bowling in England's first innings, taking 2-29. He did not bowl in England's second innings, as England won easily by 8 wickets thanks to batting of KS Duleepsinhji.
In the Second Test at Basin Reserve
, Wellington later in January 1930, Badcock came in to bat at number 11 in New Zealand's first innings. He scored 4 not out, but did not bat in the second innings as New Zealand declared. As New Zealand's second opening bowler, he took 4-80 and 1-22. The match was drawn. In the Third Test at Eden Park
, Auckland, starting on 14 February 1930, the first two days were washed out. Centuries for Ted Bowley
and KS Duleepsinhji on the third and final day consigned to match to a draw. As so much play had been missed, a fourth Test was arranged for the next week, but Badcock was dropped.
Badcock also played in the two Tests against the touring South Africa team in 1931/32. In the First Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in February 1932, New Zealand batted first. Badcock was New Zealand's top scorer, reaching 64 in a total of 293 all out. In reply, South Africa amassed 451 all out, with centuries for both opening batmen, Jim Christy and Bruce Mitchell
. Badcock was the second opening bowler, taking 2-88. He was stumped for 5 in New Zealand's second innings. Despite 74 not out for Lindsay Weir
, New Zealand lost by an innings and 12 runs, with South African bowler Quintin McMillan
taking 5-66 to add to his 4-61 in the first innings.
In the Second Test at Basin Reserve, Wellington in March 1932, Macmillan again took wickets in New Zealand's first innings, taking 5-125, including Badcock caught and bowled for 53, his first Test half-century. New Zealand scored 364 all out, but South Africa again passed New Zealand's first innings score, reaching 410 all out. Badcock took 1-70. He was run out
for a duck in the second innings. Further half-centuries for both South African opening batsmen took them to victory with 8 wickets in hand.
Badcock played his final two Tests against the MCC in 1932/33, which arrived in New Zealand in March 1933 after completing the "Bodyline
" series in Australia. In the First Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in March 1933, he opened the bowling and took 3-142, taking the wicket of Herbert Sutcliffe
with the first ball of the match. His bowling partner Dennis Smith
also took the wicket of England's other opening batsman, Eddie Paynter
with the first ball he bowled. England overcame these early set-backs, and scored 560-8 declared, including 227 for Wally Hammond
(batting with an infected knee), 103 for Les Ames
, 74 for Freddie Brown, and 66 for Bill Voce
(his highest Test innings). Badcock scored 10 not out in New Zealand's 223 all out (Giff Vivian
was absent hurt). New Zealand followed on, but the match drawn.
In the Second Test, played at Eden Park, Auckland at the end of March 1933, Badcock was bowled by Bill Bowes
for 1, and New Zealand were bowled out on the first day for 158. Badcock was one six victims claimed by Bowes, who took 6-34. Badcock opened the bowling and took 2-126, but England again piled on the runs, reaching 548-7 declared, including a world record 336 not out for Hammond. Badcock did not bat in the second innings, and match was drawn.
R. T. Brittenden described him as having "the urbanity of Herbert Sutcliffe
and the ... grace of Keith Miller
".
), and settled in South Perth, Western Australia
, where he died in 1982.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and Test
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...
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. Perhaps the best all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
in New Zealand in the inter-war period, he played seven Tests for New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
between 1930 and 1933, including New Zealand's inaugural Test in 1930. He is the only player to be out first ball in both innings on his Test debut.
Early life
Badcock was born in AbbottabadAbbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
in North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
). He was educated at Wellington College
Wellington College, Berkshire
-Former pupils:Notable former pupils include historian P. J. Marshall, architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, impressionist Rory Bremner, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, author Sebastian Faulks, language school pioneer John Haycraft, political journalist Robin Oakley, actor Sir Christopher...
in Berkshire, and served in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
in India. He played for the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1923, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1924, where be became a first-class cricketer and cricket coach.
First-class career
Badcock played first-class cricket for Wellington between 1924/25 and 1929/30, and then for Otago until 1936/37, with a final first-class game in England in 1945.A fine batsman and bowler, and also an excellent fielder, he was perhaps the best all-rounder in New Zealand in the inter-war period. On occasion, he also opened the batting. He achieved great success with the ball in his first three seasons of domestic cricket. In 1925/26, he took 37 wickets in 4 matches at average of 17.05; in 1926/27, he took 23 wickets in 3 matches, averaging 11.69; in 1927/28, he took 17 wickets in 3 matches at an average 17.94. His batting also started promisingly, hitting 65 in his first game, and 57 in the second, but then did not pass 50 runs until he hit his maiden first-class century against Canterbury in 1927.
He was selected to join the New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
team that toured England in 1927
New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927
The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1927 season. The team contained many of the players who would later play Test cricket for New Zealand, but the tour did not include any Test matches and the 1927 English cricket season was the last, apart from the Second World War years and the...
, but was dropped on account of his age, but took 4-82 and 4-23 for Wellington against the Australians tourists in 1927-28, and was then selected to play for New Zealand in two representative matches against the tourists. He took only 1-121 in the first match, and 0-14 and 2-33 in the second match. His batting was also unspectacular: he was twice bowled by Clarrie Grimmett
Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.Grimmett was born in Caversham a suburb of Dunedin,...
without scoring, and was dismissed for 2 runs in his other completed innings.
Badcock also played as a professional in the Lancashire League, for Nelson
Nelson Cricket Club
Nelson Cricket Club, based at Seedhill in Nelson, Lancashire, are a cricket club in the Lancashire League. They play at the Seedhill ground in Nelson. Their captain for the 2011 season is Thomas Lord and their professional is New Zealand international player Luke Woodcock.Nelson Cricket Club was...
in 1934 and 1935, and also for Church in 1935. He also played cricket in England during the Second World War, for representative British Empire
British Empire
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cricket teams, for Civil Defence Services, for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
. Immediately after the end of the Second World War, he played a series of games for New Zealand Services
New Zealand Services cricket team in England in 1945
A New Zealand Services cricket team played several matches in England in the 1945 season. Only one match, against H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Scarborough, was counted as first-class, but several of the one- and two-day matches were written up in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1946, and the team...
against a Lord's XI, Australian Imperial Forces
Australian Imperial Forces cricket team
The Australian Imperial Forces cricket team toured England between May and September 1919, playing 28 first-class matches after the First World War. Its overall record was 12 wins, 4 losses and 12 draws...
, WR Hammond's XI, Sir PF Warner's XI, and the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force cricket team
The Royal Air Force cricket team is a cricket side representing the British Royal Air Force. The team played 11 first-class matches: nine between 1922 and 1932, mostly against other branches of the Services, and another two in 1945 and 1946. Their home ground is the Royal Air Force Sports Ground,...
, including a final first-class match in September 1945 against HDG Leveson-Gower
HDG Leveson-Gower
Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey as well as England. He was the seventh son of Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower JP DL FSA, by his wife The Hon Sophia Leveson Gower LJStJ .He captained England in all three of the Test...
's XI. Aged 47, he took 6-166 against a team that included Len Hutton
Len Hutton
Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton was an English Test cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England in the years around the Second World War as an opening batsman. He was described by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket...
, Cyril Washbrook
Cyril Washbrook
Cyril Washbrook was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England. He had a long career, split by World War II, and ending when he was aged 44. Washbrook, who is most famous for opening the batting for England with Len Hutton, which he did fifty one times, played a total of 592...
and Bill Edrich
Bill Edrich
William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...
.
In all, he played 53 first-class matches. As a batsman, he scored four first-class centuries - two for Wellington and two for Otago - and 13 fifties, with a first-class batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 25.62. He set his top score of 155 for Wellington in the Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in January 1927, also his maiden first-class century. As a bowler, he took 221 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 23.57. He took five wickets in an innings on 14 occasions, and 10 wickets in a match 5 times. His best bowling of 7-50 came in his debut match against Canterbury in January 1925.
Test cricket
He played in seven Test matches, all in New Zealand. He reached two Test fifties, both against South Africa in 1932, but his Test batting average was only 19.57. He had more success with the ball, taking 16 Test wickets with a bowling average of 38.12. His best bowling, 4-80, came against England in 1930.He was a member of the team that played New Zealand's first Test match, played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, in January 1930, against a touring MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
team. He made an inauspicious debut with the bat: he was bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
out for a king pair, dismissed first ball in both innings, by Maurice Allom
Maurice Allom
Maurice James Carrick Allom was an English cricketer who played in five Tests from 1930 to 1931. Along with Peter Petherick and Damien Fleming, he is one of only three players to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut...
in the first innings and by Stan Nichols
Stan Nichols
Stan Nichols was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s.-Career:In his youth primarily a football goalkeeper who played for some time with Queen's Park Rangers,...
in the second innings. The first dismissal came in after English bowler Allom had dismissed two New Zealand batsmen with his previous two deliveries; after Tom Lowry
Tom Lowry
Thomas Coleman Lowry was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in the first seven Test matches that New Zealand ever played, captaining the team in all of them....
and Ken James
Ken James (cricketer)
Kenneth Cecil James , was a cricketer who played for Wellington, Northamptonshire and New Zealand.A wicket-keeper and a useful batsman, James first played for Wellington in 1923 and came to England with the first New Zealand touring party in 1927 ostensibly as second string to Tom Lowry...
, Badcock's wicket completed Allom's only Test hat-trick. Lowry had only faced two balls, Allom having bowled Stewie Dempster immediately beforehand, to take four wickets in five balls. Badcock fared slightly better with the ball. He opened the bowling in England's first innings, taking 2-29. He did not bowl in England's second innings, as England won easily by 8 wickets thanks to batting of KS Duleepsinhji.
In the Second Test at Basin Reserve
Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...
, Wellington later in January 1930, Badcock came in to bat at number 11 in New Zealand's first innings. He scored 4 not out, but did not bat in the second innings as New Zealand declared. As New Zealand's second opening bowler, he took 4-80 and 1-22. The match was drawn. In the Third Test at Eden Park
Eden Park
Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
, Auckland, starting on 14 February 1930, the first two days were washed out. Centuries for Ted Bowley
Ted Bowley
Edward Henry "Ted" Bowley, born at Leatherhead, Surrey on 6 June 1890 and died at Winchester on 9 July 1974, was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England....
and KS Duleepsinhji on the third and final day consigned to match to a draw. As so much play had been missed, a fourth Test was arranged for the next week, but Badcock was dropped.
Badcock also played in the two Tests against the touring South Africa team in 1931/32. In the First Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in February 1932, New Zealand batted first. Badcock was New Zealand's top scorer, reaching 64 in a total of 293 all out. In reply, South Africa amassed 451 all out, with centuries for both opening batmen, Jim Christy and Bruce Mitchell
Bruce Mitchell (cricketer)
Bruce Mitchell was a South African cricketer who played in 42 Tests from 1929 to 1949. He was a right-handed opening batsman and played in every Test South Africa played in that period.By the end of his career he had 3471 Test runs to his name which at the time was a national record...
. Badcock was the second opening bowler, taking 2-88. He was stumped for 5 in New Zealand's second innings. Despite 74 not out for Lindsay Weir
Lindsay Weir (cricketer)
Gordon Lindsay Weir played 11 Tests for New Zealand. He was known as Dad Weir. He was the world's oldest Test cricketer upon his death.-References:...
, New Zealand lost by an innings and 12 runs, with South African bowler Quintin McMillan
Quintin McMillan
Quintin McMillan was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests from 1929 to 1932....
taking 5-66 to add to his 4-61 in the first innings.
In the Second Test at Basin Reserve, Wellington in March 1932, Macmillan again took wickets in New Zealand's first innings, taking 5-125, including Badcock caught and bowled for 53, his first Test half-century. New Zealand scored 364 all out, but South Africa again passed New Zealand's first innings score, reaching 410 all out. Badcock took 1-70. He was run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
for a duck in the second innings. Further half-centuries for both South African opening batsmen took them to victory with 8 wickets in hand.
Badcock played his final two Tests against the MCC in 1932/33, which arrived in New Zealand in March 1933 after completing the "Bodyline
Bodyline
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman...
" series in Australia. In the First Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch in March 1933, he opened the bowling and took 3-142, taking the wicket of Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars...
with the first ball of the match. His bowling partner Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith (cricketer)
Horace Dennis Smith was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1933....
also took the wicket of England's other opening batsman, Eddie Paynter
Eddie Paynter
Edward "Eddie" Paynter was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. His Test batting average of 59.23 is the fifth highest of all time, and second only to Herbert Sutcliffe amongst Englishmen; against Australia alone Paynter averaged an extraordinary 84.42.Born in...
with the first ball he bowled. England overcame these early set-backs, and scored 560-8 declared, including 227 for Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England...
(batting with an infected knee), 103 for Les Ames
Les Ames
Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. In his obituary, the Wisden of 1991 described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time...
, 74 for Freddie Brown, and 66 for Bill Voce
Bill Voce
Bill Voce was an English cricketer. He played for the Nottinghamshire and England, and was an instrumental part of England's infamous Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932–1933.-Life and career:...
(his highest Test innings). Badcock scored 10 not out in New Zealand's 223 all out (Giff Vivian
Giff Vivian
Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1931 to 1937. His son Graham, also played for the Black Caps....
was absent hurt). New Zealand followed on, but the match drawn.
In the Second Test, played at Eden Park, Auckland at the end of March 1933, Badcock was bowled by Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes was one of the best bowlers of the interwar period and, for a time, the most important force behind Yorkshire's dominance of the County Championship...
for 1, and New Zealand were bowled out on the first day for 158. Badcock was one six victims claimed by Bowes, who took 6-34. Badcock opened the bowling and took 2-126, but England again piled on the runs, reaching 548-7 declared, including a world record 336 not out for Hammond. Badcock did not bat in the second innings, and match was drawn.
R. T. Brittenden described him as having "the urbanity of Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two World Wars...
and the ... grace of Keith Miller
Keith Miller
Keith Ross Miller MBE was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite...
".
Later life
Badcock was later a cricket coach in Ceylon (now Sri LankaSri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
), and settled in South Perth, Western Australia
South Perth, Western Australia
South Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River...
, where he died in 1982.