| Roy Minnett | |
| Fullname: | Roy Baldwin Minnett |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1886[1] |
| Birth Place: | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Place: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | New South Wales |
| Year1: | 1906–07 to 1914–15 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 391 |
| Bat Avg1: | 26.06 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
| Top Score1: | 90 |
| Deliveries1: | 589 |
| Wickets1: | 11 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.36 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 54 |
| Runs2: | 2142 |
| Bat Avg2: | 28.94 |
| 100S/50S2: | 2/12 |
| Top Score2: | 216* |
| Deliveries2: | 4155 |
| Wickets2: | 86 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 25.02 |
| Fivefor2: | 3 |
| Tenfor2: | 1 |
| Best Bowling2: | 8/50 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 17/0 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Australia |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 15 December |
| Testdebutyear: | 1911 |
| Testcap: | 98 |
| Lasttestdate: | 19 August |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Lasttestyear: | 1912 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/339/339.html CricketArchive |
Roy Baldwin Minnett (13 June 1886 – 21 October 1955) was an Australian cricketer who played in nine Test matches from December 1911 to August 1912.[2] He became a medical practitioner.
Minnett was born in Sydney and attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School.[3] He first played first-class cricket for New South Wales while he was studying medicine at Sydney University.[4] A brilliant, sometimes impetuous batsman, fast-medium bowler and excellent fieldsman, he scored 151 in 150 minutes against Tasmania in January 1911.[3] A year later he scored 216 not out in 197 minutes against Victoria at the Sydney Cricket Ground, adding 169 for the tenth wicket in 83 minutes with Cecil McKew.[4] [5] On his Test debut a few weeks earlier, also at the SCG, he had scored 90 in 111 minutes, adding 109 for the sixth wicket with Victor Trumper.[6] He top-scored in the first innings of both the Fourth and Fifth Tests of the series, with 56 and 61 respectively.[3]
Minnett toured England with the Australian team in 1912, but the damp conditions did not suit his play.[4] He played in four of the six Tests, his best contribution being 4 for 34 in England's first innings at The Oval.[7] It was his last Test match. He played a few more matches for New South Wales after the tour. In his last match, against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1914, he opened the bowling and took 8 for 50 off 24.2 overs, bowling unchanged through the innings.[8] In January 1914 he toured Ceylon with a New South Wales team led by the Rev. E. F. Waddy, finishing at the top of the team's batting averages.[9]
After 1914 the demands of his medical practice curtailed Minnett's cricket career.[4] His older brothers, Leslie and Rupert, also played cricket for New South Wales.[4]