| Tom Klose | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Tom Elliott Klose |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Death Place: | Nailsworth, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox, left-arm medium-pace |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1939–40 to 1949–50 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 895 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.94 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/5 |
| Top Score1: | 80 |
| Deliveries1: | 3236 |
| Wickets1: | 32 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 37.53 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/23 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 16/– |
| Date: | 12 December 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6209.html Cricinfo |
Tom Elliott Klose (22 January 1918 – 13 June 1986) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia between 1939 and 1950.
A middle-order batsman, left-arm orthodox spin or medium-pace bowler and brilliant fieldsman, Tom Klose was considered one of Australia's most promising young cricketers immediately before World War II.[1] [2] In his debut first-class season of 1939–40 he made 305 runs at an average of 23.46, took 18 wickets at 16.88, and took 10 catches.[3] [4]
Klose served in the Army from 1940 to 1945.[5] He played a few seasons after the war without fulfilling his youthful promise. He retained his fielding skill, however: playing for Prospect in the 1948–49 Adelaide season, he won the competition fielding prize with 62 points, well ahead of the second-placed player, Neil Dansie, on 39.[6]