(1873-01-28)28 January 1873 Chinatown, Sydney, Australia
Died
22 June 1940(1940-06-22) (aged 67) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname
MA, Alf, Mary Ann
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium pace
Role
All-rounder
International information
National side
Australia
Test debut (cap 76)
1 January 1898 v England
Last Test
9 August 1909 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1893–1919
New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition
Tests
First-class
Matches
42
248
Runs scored
1,997
13,975
Batting average
30.25
40.74
100s/50s
1/16
37/66
Top score
133
284
Balls bowled
7,159
33,112
Wickets
121
625
Bowling average
25.00
23.11
5 wickets in innings
9
33
10 wickets in match
2
7
Best bowling
7/17
8/48
Catches/stumpings
26/0
191
Source: CricInfo, 9 February 2008
Montague Alfred Noble (28 January 1873 – 22 June 1940) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-hand batsman, right-handed bowler who could deliver both medium pace and off-break bowling, capable fieldsman and tactically sound captain, Noble is considered one of the great Australian all-rounders.[1][2][3] He scored 13,975 first class runs between 1893 and 1920 and took 624 wickets. He made 37 centuries – including a best of 284 in 1902 – and set several partnership and high-score records for his State team.[1]
He played 42 Tests for his country, and captained the team for 15 of these between 1903 and 1909. Only the 12th captain of his country, he won eight of these games, lost five and drew two. Between his first Test in January 1898 and his last in August 1909, he scored 1,997 runs at 30.25 and took 121 wickets at 25.00. He complemented his only century, 133 in 1903, by scoring 16 half-centuries. Noble played 39 of his 42 Tests against England, and the other three against South Africa.
In later life, he coached and played for club level teams, including Paddington Cricket Club with which he had a long-standing connection throughout his career. He moved from banking to dentistry, and published his exegesis on cricket, Gilligan's Men. His elder brother, Ted Noble, also played briefly for New South Wales.
In 2006, he was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by the CA.[4] In June 2021, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the special inductees to mark the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship final.[5][6]
^ ab"Player Profile: Monty Noble". CricInfo. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^"Monty Noble – Cricketer of the Year 1900". Wisden. CricInfo. 1900. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^Serle, Percival (1949). "Noble, Montague Alfred". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
^Cricinfo Staff (6 February 2006). "Simpson and Noble enter Hall of Fame". ESPN. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^"ICC Hall of Fame special inductions announced to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^"Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara among 10 players inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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