Thomas O'Dwyer
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Thomas Edmund O'Dwyer was an Australian cricketer
, also known as The Bowling Baritone.
He was a left arm orthodox bowler, and a left hand bat. He scored 305 runs at a batting average
of 16.05, and took 41 wicket
s at a bowling average
of 34.51.
He was in the first ever West Australian Sheffield Shield Team. In Western Australia's first season they made the final. O'Dwyer was one of WA's best, taking 5 wickets in one inning. O'Dwyer was the last man to dismiss Don Bradman in a first class match.
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
, also known as The Bowling Baritone.
He was a left arm orthodox bowler, and a left hand bat. He scored 305 runs at a 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 16.05, and took 41 wicket
Wicket
In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...
s at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 34.51.
He was in the first ever West Australian Sheffield Shield Team. In Western Australia's first season they made the final. O'Dwyer was one of WA's best, taking 5 wickets in one inning. O'Dwyer was the last man to dismiss Don Bradman in a first class match.