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Vic Richardson
Personal information
Full name
Victor York Richardson
Born
(1894-09-07)7 September 1894 Parkside, South Australia
Died
30 October 1969(1969-10-30) (aged 75) Fullarton, South Australia
Nickname
The Guardsman, Yorker
Height
1.83[1] m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Batsman
Relations
Ian Chappell (grandson) Greg Chappell (grandson) Trevor Chappell (grandson)
International information
National side
Australia
Test debut (cap 119)
19 December 1924 v England
Last Test
3 March 1936 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1918/29–1937/38
South Australia
Career statistics
Competition
Test
First-class
Matches
19
184
Runs scored
706
10,727
Batting average
23.53
37.63
100s/50s
1/1
27/47
Top score
138
231
Balls bowled
–
811
Wickets
–
8
Bowling average
–
68.12
5 wickets in innings
–
0
10 wickets in match
–
0
Best bowling
–
3/22
Catches/stumpings
24/0
211/4
Source: CricInfo, 15 January 2008
Victor York RichardsonOBE (7 September 1894 – 30 October 1969) was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s, captaining the Australia cricket team and the South Australia Australian rules football team, representing Australia in baseball and South Australia in golf, winning the South Australian state tennis title and also being a leading local player in lacrosse, basketball and swimming.
Richardson won the South Australian National Football League's highest individual honour, the Magarey Medal, while captain-coach of Sturt in 1920.
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