Tim Wall Explained

Tim Wall
Fullname:Thomas Welbourn Wall
Birth Date:1904 5, df=y
Birth Place:Semaphore, South Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:18
Runs1:121
Bat Avg1:6.36
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:20
Deliveries1:4,812
Wickets1:56
Bowl Avg1:35.89
Fivefor1:3
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:5/14
Catches/Stumpings1:11/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:108
Runs2:1,071
Bat Avg2:10.50
100S/50S2:0/1
Top Score2:53
Deliveries2:21,604
Wickets2:330
Bowl Avg2:29.93
Fivefor2:10
Tenfor2:2
Best Bowling2:10/36
Catches/Stumpings2:54/–
International:true
Country:Australia
Testdebutagainst:England
Testdebutdate:8 March
Testdebutyear:1929
Testcap:133
Lasttestdate:20 July
Lasttestagainst:England
Lasttestyear:1934
Source:http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8142.html Cricinfo
Date:22 December
Year:2021

Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall (13 May 1904 – 26 March 1981) was an Australian cricketer who played eighteen Test matches between 1929 and 1934. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against England in Melbourne.[1]

Wall was a school teacher in Adelaide before and after his cricket career. He died in 1981 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Wall's 10–36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia.[2] It is also the only ten-wicket innings ever recorded for South Australia.

Wall's grandson Brett Swain played 23 first-class matches for South Australia from 1994 to 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 8–16, 1929 . 2011-12-18 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: Sheffield Shield: Best bowling figures in an innings . 25 February 2017 . ESPNcricinfo.