Bertie Tuckwell

Bertie Joseph Tuckwell (6 October 1882 – 2 January 1943) was an Australian-born cricketer who played first-class cricket in Australia and New Zealand.

Bertie Tuckwell
Personal information
Full name
Bertie Joseph Tuckwell
Born(1882-10-06)6 October 1882
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Died2 January 1943(1943-01-02) (aged 60)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902-03 to 1903-04Victoria
1912-13 to 1914-15Otago
1917-18Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 468
Batting average 18.72
100s/50s 0/3
Top score 93 not out
Balls bowled 48
Wickets 2
Bowling average 30.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/21
Catches/stumpings 12/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 22 February 2015

Born in Melbourne, Tuckwell played three first-class matches for Victoria in 1903.[1] On his first-class debut in 1902-03, in Victoria's first-ever match against Queensland,[2] he scored 93 not out, batting at number seven, before Victoria declared. Victoria won by an innings.[3] He moved to New Zealand and continued his cricket career, playing for Otago and Wellington.

He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14, and later that season he played for New Zealand against the touring Australian team in New Zealand.[2] In the first of the two international matches, batting at number three, he top-scored for New Zealand in the first innings with 50, but he was omitted from the team for the second match.[4] As well as being an attractive batsman, strong on the cut, he was a reliable slips fieldsman.[2]

Tuckwell was a prominent businessman in Wellington. He died there on 2 January 1943 after a short illness. He was survived by his son and two daughters.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Bertie Tuckwell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. E. H. M. Baillie, "B. J. Tuckwell Dies in New Zealand", Sporting Globe, 24 February 1942, p. 13.
  3. "Queensland v Victoria 1902-03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 57–58.
  5. "Mr. B. J. Tuckwell". The Evening Post. 4 January 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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