| Anthony Jose | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Anthony Douglas Jose |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1947/48 |
| Club2: | Kent |
| Year2: | 1951-52 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 29 |
| Runs1: | 269 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.47 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 39 |
| Deliveries1: | - |
| Wickets1: | 75 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.57 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/45 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/– |
| Date: | 11 July |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/anthony-jose-6094 Cricinfo |
Anthony Douglas Jose (17 February 1929 – 3 February 1972), known as Tony Jose, was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia, Kent, Oxford University and Free Foresters between 1948 and 1953.[1]
The second son of Gilbert Jose, who also played first-class cricket for South Australia,[2] and Hazel (nee Brook), who died in 1930,[3] Jose was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Adelaide's St Peter's College, where he was dux in 1945 and captain in 1946.[4]
Accepted into the University of Adelaide in 1946 to study Medicine, Jose was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1948,[4] heading to Oxford University, where he gained a doctorate.[5]
Jose excelled in a range of sports from an early age, holding the state junior record for long jump and triple jump, representing the South Australian junior team in rugby union and was a leading junior hurdler.[4]
He made his senior district cricket debut for Adelaide University Cricket Club in November 1947 and his debut for South Australia came two months later, aged 18, on 9 January 1948[2] against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground, opening the bowling and taking 2/76 and 2/33, including the wickets of Test players Arthur Morris and Sid Barnes.[6]
Jose was praised for his debut performance, with onlookers noting that he gave "the ball a disconcertedly late swing" and the Sydney Daily Telegraph thought him to be a Test possibility.[7]
However, Jose only played twice more for South Australia before moving to England to study at Oxford. While there, Jose played for the university, being awarded blues in 1950 and 1951.[5] as well as occasionally for Kent in 1951 and 1952[8] [9] and Free Foresters in 1953.[10]
Jose worked as a cardiologist in Sydney and Los Angeles, where he committed suicide in 1972, aged 42.[11]
In addition to his father, Jose's grandfather George Jose was Dean of Adelaide,[2] his uncle Sir Ivan Bede Jose was awarded the Military Medal during World War I while another uncle, Wilfred Jose, was killed in the war.