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William Matthew O'Halloran (18 June 1934 – 13 December 1994) was an Australian cricketer. He played six first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1962 and 1964.[1]
Personal information | |
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Full name | William Matthew O'Halloran |
Born | Corowa, New South Wales | 12 June 1934
Died | 13 December 1994 60) Melbourne, Victoria | (aged
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1962/63–1963/64 | Victoria |
Source: Cricinfo, 4 December 2015 |
The son of Tom O'Halloran, and the (later) Mrs. C.S. Hayes,[2][3] William Matthew O'Halloran was born at Corowa, in New South Wales on 18 June 1934.
He married Joan Beverley Rowland (1936-2021) in 1957.[4]
He attended Caulfield Grammar School from 1950 to 1953,[5][6] where he excelled as both a cricketer and as a footballer.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
He later returned to the school as a member of staff: teaching there from 1958 to 1959, and from 1963 to 1966.[13]
He attended the University of Melbourne from 1954 to 1956.[14] He graduated Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) on 20 March 1957.[15]
He played amateur football for Old Caulfield Grammarians in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) over many seasons;[16] and was named as an interchange in the club's "Team of the Century".
In December 1956 he played for Melbourne University against Adelaide University, taking 6/41.[17]
A left-hand bat, and a right arm medium-pace bowler, he played in 218 First XI District Cricket matches, with St Kilda (192 games)[18] and University (26 games) over 21 seasons — 1953/54 to 1973/74 — scoring 5,368 runs (av. 30.32) and taking 312 wickets (at 17.34).[19][20][21][22][23][24]
He also played in six representative matches for Victoria, scoring 115 runs (av. 12.77) and taking 4 wickets (at 50.50) — in one of those matches taking 2/26[25] — over two consecutive cricket seasons: 1962/1963, and 1963/1964.
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