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

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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bertie Tuckwell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 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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