Austin Punch | |
Fullname: | Austin Thomas Eugene Punch |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1894 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Death Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 33 |
Runs1: | 1,717 |
Bat Avg1: | 35.04 |
100S/50S1: | 1/13 |
Top Score1: | 176 |
Wickets1: | 35 |
Bowl Avg1: | 29.82 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/33 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 23/0 |
Date: | 5 June |
Year: | 2023 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7149.html Cricinfo |
Austin Thomas Eugene Punch (16 August 1894 – 25 August 1985) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1927/28 and 32 matches for New South Wales between 1919/20 and 1928/29.[1]
A tall and forceful batsman, strong on the front foot, Punch made his highest score of 176 against Otago when New South Wales toured New Zealand early in 1924;[2] New South Wales scored 649 on the second day of the three-day match.[3] His best bowling figures with his leg-breaks were 5 for 33 against Queensland earlier that season.[4]
In 1923 Punch, described in the Sydney Referee as "a finely-trained baritone of undoubted excellence", resigned his position with the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company to become a professional singer.[5] [6] He married Sylvia Byrne in the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay in November 1934.[7]