| Bert Tobin | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Bertrandt Joseph Tobin |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1910 |
| Birth Place: | North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Death Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightinch: | 2 |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1930-31 to 1930-34 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 26 |
| Runs1: | 722 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.04 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/4 |
| Top Score1: | 61 |
| Deliveries1: | 3667 |
| Wickets1: | 51 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 39.03 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 17/0 |
| Date: | 27 November 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7996.html Cricinfo |
Bertrandt Joseph Tobin (11 November 1910 – 19 October 1969) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1930 to 1935.
The son of a railway official, Bert Tobin lived in North Adelaide. He was educated at Rostrevor College in Adelaide from 1925 to 1928, boarding in his final two years. He was a prominent member of the school's cricket and football teams.[1] He won the South Australian Junior Golf Championship in 1928.
A hard-hitting batsman in the middle or lower order and a fast-medium opening bowler, Tobin stood six feet two inches tall.[2] He made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1930–31 season just before his 20th birthday. He took his best first-class figures of 4 for 31 against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield in November 1932, when he and Tim Wall dismissed Victoria for 92 and South Australia won by three wickets.[3] He made his highest first-class score of 61 in the next match, against New South Wales.[4]
Despite his good form it was a surprise when he was selected in the Australian team for the Fourth Test against England later that season, as his overall achievements had been moderate: "a useful rather than a match-winning figure in South Australian cricket".[5] He probably owed his selection to his ability to bowl bouncers.[6] In the event he was made twelfth man and was not selected for Australia again.[7]
During his South Australian career Tobin worked in the Adelaide sports store part-owned by the cricketer Philip Lee.[2] He left Australia in 1935 to play as a professional for Rishton in the Lancashire League.[1] He remained in the UK, marrying a rich woman and playing club cricket in Scotland.[8] [9] After two decades abroad he returned to Australia, coaching cricket in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon and in Alice Springs.[6]