Tom O'Dwyer

O'Dwyer in 1948 '''Thomas Edmund O'Dwyer''' (5 November 1919 – 1 September 2005) was an Australian cricketer who played 15 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is best known as the last player to dismiss Donald Bradman in a first-class match in Australia. O'Dwyer was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, to John and Isabel (née Priest) O'Dwyer. His father was manager of the local Lands Department office. O'Dwyer's family moved to Perth when he was five, and he attended St. Patricks College (now part of Trinity College). He began playing cricket with the North Perth C-grade team, and later played for Subiaco and Mount Lawley in the WACA District competition.

Bowling left-arm orthodox spin, O'Dwyer made his first-class debut for Western Australia against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club team in October 1946, and took two wickets on debut, dismissing Joe Hardstaff leg before wicket and having Bill Edrich caught. The following season, he was a member of Western Australia's inaugural Sheffield Shield side against South Australia, taking 5/47 in South Australia's first innings to record his first five-wicket haul. Later in the 1947–48 season, the Australian side touring England stopped in Perth and played a match against Western Australia, with O'Dwyer becoming the last bowler to dismiss Don Bradman in a first-class match in Australia, having him caught by Tom Outridge.

O'Dwyer retired at the conclusion of the 1960 season to concentrate on his work, having played a total of 15 first-class matches, in which he scored 305 runs at an average of 16.05, and took 41 wickets at an average of 34.51. His best bowling figures were taken against Queensland in February 1948, taken seven wickets for 79 runs in Queensland's first innings. Outside of cricket, O'Dwyer worked in the insurance business, and was also involved with the Roman Catholic Church and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He died in Perth in September 2005. Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 1 results of 1 for search 'Thomas O'Dwyer', query time: 0.02s Refine Results
  1. 1

    Impact of long COVID on health-related quality-of-life: an OpenSAFELY population cohort study using patient-reported outcome measures (OpenPROMPT)Research in context by Oliver Carlile, Andrew Briggs, Alasdair D. Henderson, Ben F.C. Butler-Cole, John Tazare, Laurie A. Tomlinson, Michael Marks, Mark Jit, Liang-Yu Lin, Chris Bates, John Parry, Sebastian C.J. Bacon, Iain Dillingham, William A. Dennison, Ruth E. Costello, Alex J. Walker, William Hulme, Ben Goldacre, Amir Mehrkar, Brian MacKenna, Emily Herrett, Rosalind M. Eggo, Alex Walker, Amelia Green, Amir Mehrkar, Andrea Schaffer, Andrew Brown, Ben Goldacre, Ben Butler-Cole, Brian MacKenna, Caroline Morton, Caroline Walters, Catherine Stables, Christine Cunningham, Christopher Wood, Colm Andrews, David Evans, George Hickman, Helen Curtis, Henry Drysdale, Iain Dillingham, Jessica Morley, Jon Massey, Linda Nab, Lisa Hopcroft, Louis Fisher, Lucy Bridges, Milan Wiedemann, Nicholas DeVito, Orla Macdonald, Peter Inglesby, Rebecca Smith, Richard Croker, Robin Park, Rose Higgins, Sebastian Bacon, Simon Davy, Steven Maude, Thomas O'Dwyer, Tom Ward, Victoria Speed, William Hulme, Liam Hart, Pete Stokes, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Ruth Costello, Thomas Cowling, Ian Douglas, Rosalind Eggo, Stephen Evans, Harriet Forbes, Richard Grieve, Daniel Grint, Emily Herrett, Sinead Langan, Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, Kathryn Mansfield, Rohini Mathur, Helen McDonald, Edward Parker, Christopher Rentsch, Anna Schultze, Liam Smeeth, John Tazare, Laurie Tomlinson, Jemma Walker, Elizabeth Williamson, Kevin Wing, Angel Wong, Bang Zheng, Christopher Bates, Jonathan Cockburn, John Parry, Frank Hester, Sam Harper, Shaun O'Hanlon, Alex Eavis, Richard Jarvis, Dima Avramov, Paul Griffiths, Aaron Fowles, Nasreen Parkes, Rafael Perera, David Harrison, Kamlesh Khunti, Jonathan Sterne, Jennifer Quint

    Published 2024
    Connect to this object online.
    Book