Vic Richardson

Vic Richardson
Personal information
Full name
Victor York Richardson
Born(1894-09-07)7 September 1894
Parkside, South Australia
Died30 October 1969(1969-10-30) (aged 75)
Fullarton, South Australia
NicknameThe Guardsman, Yorker
Height1.83[1] m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsIan Chappell (grandson)
Greg Chappell (grandson)
Trevor Chappell (grandson)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 119)19 December 1924 v England
Last Test3 March 1936 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1918/29–1937/38South 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 "Yorker" Richardson OBE (7 September 1894 – 30 October 1969), nicknamed The Guardsman, 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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