Gervase Du Croz
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Full name | Gervase Bedford du Croz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1820 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 February 1855 (aged 35) Launceston, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1853/54 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1850/51 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-Class debut | 11-12 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-Class | 3-4 March 1854 Victoria v Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2011 |
Gervase Bedford Du Croz (1820 – 19 February 1855) was an Australian cricket player, who played one game each for both Tasmania, and Victoria.
He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, in which he opened the batting for Tasmania.
Du Croz died on 19 February 1855, in Launceston, Tasmania aged 35.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Gervase Du Croz". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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Categories:
- 1820 births
- 1855 deaths
- Australian cricketers
- Tasmania cricketers
- Victoria cricketers
- Cricketers from Greater London
- English emigrants to Australia
- Australian cricket biography, 19th-century birth stubs