 Hamene batting in about 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ronald Arthur Hamence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1915 Hindmarsh, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 March 2010 (aged 94) Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Specialist batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 176) | 28 February 1947 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 1 January 1948 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1935/36–1950/51 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 February 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Arthur Hamence (25 November 1915 – 24 March 2010) was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia.[1] A short and compact right-handed batsman, Hamence excelled in getting forward to drive and had an array of attractive back foot strokes.[2] Already the youngest Australian to play district cricket, he was also, from the death of Bill Brown in 2008 until his own death in 2010, the oldest surviving Australian Test cricketer.[3][4]
While Hamence only played three Test matches for his national team, he had a successful domestic career, being called South Australia's most successful batsman in 1950.[5] He played 99 first-class matches from 1935 until 1951,[6] which brought him a career total of 5,285 runs that came at an average of 37.75 runs per innings and included 11 centuries.[6] He scored two of these centuries in his first and last first-class matches.
- ^ Obituary The Times, 27 March 2010.
- ^ Pollard, p. 506.
- ^ "Oldest living players". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ "Oldest Test player dies aged 94". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Alexander, p. 730.
- ^ a b "Ron Hamence". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2008.