Vic Richardson
Australian sportsman (1894–1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor York "Yorker" Richardson OBE (7 September 1894 – 30 October 1969), nicknamed The Guardsman, was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s, captaining the Australia cricket team and the South Australia Australian rules football team, representing Australia in baseball and South Australia in golf, winning the South Australian state tennis title and also being a leading local player in lacrosse, basketball and swimming.
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Full name | Victor York Richardson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1894-09-07)7 September 1894 Parkside, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 October 1969(1969-10-30) (aged 75) Fullarton, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Guardsman, Yorker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83[1] m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ian Chappell (grandson) Greg Chappell (grandson) Trevor Chappell (grandson) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 119) | 19 December 1924 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 3 March 1936 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1918/29–1937/38 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 15 January 2008 |
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Richardson won the South Australian National Football League's highest individual honour, the Magarey Medal, while captain-coach of Sturt in 1920.