november march cricketer played south_australia australia short compact right handed batsman excelled getting forward drive array attractive foot strokes youngest australian play district cricket death death oldest surviving australian test cricketer played test matches national team successful domestic career called south_australia successful batsman played class matches brought career total runs came average runs innings included centuries scored centuries class matches career born adelaide suburb cousin fellow australian cricketer years days youngest district cricketer south australian cricket history debut adelaide club west playing team worked public servant compact batsman preferring attack defence suffered weakness career fast bowling joined south_australia way season march scored century class cricket debut tasmania adelaide oval match season left debut season average start season followed scores touring england team victoria seven new_south_wales christmas day scored second class century queensland innings score second scores followed significant score queensland february ended season runs century average suffered worst period form far start season failing reach double figures december early january scored second innings victoria followed new_south_wales ended season runs average play cricket match december start season returned score new_south_wales followed matches later victoria narrowly missed century november caught victoria scored rest year ending runs average successful season far began year queensland new_south_wales series low scores followed hit vein strong form beginning february year scored western australia february match season began following season following match new_south_wales enjoyed great success victoria scored inter state match following match representative selections raise money war effort played scored returned play south_australia match new_south_wales scored ended season highest average single season achieve career runs hundreds second world war play class match december end second world war war served years royal_australian_air_force return immediately hit form south_australia new_south_wales hit match starting december scored victoria january single figure scores hit queensland experienced drop form significant score wellington seven innings ended season runs start season enjoyed greatest success far scoring consecutive centuries innings november december victoria new_south_wales followed score second innings followed career best touring team january queensland february ended season runs international debut england india centuries led debut australia fifth test sydney february scored innings australia response england innings england managed response australia set win reached overs second innings returned domestic cricket innings highest score picked play second tests touring indian cricket team australia innings matches starting december ended draw bat test started january australia achieved victory centuries meaning needed bat second innings replaced final tests returning domestic cricket scored queensland kept running place national team toured england selected play tests reiterated interviewed felt resentment having played popular member touring squad cheerful nature splendid tenor voice added good spirits team success warm games mixed scores cambridge_university essex lancashire mixed duck seven counties somerset approaching century tour australian players keen succeed left card games dismissed highest score season faced scotland matches august scoring overall tour played matches scoring runs average touring colleague criticised omission meaningful cricket tour wrote instance gentlemen lord came bat brown got miller left innings sent wicket batted interstate team despite went game somerset batted sent following tour described fine batsman strictly orthodox type sound reliable game based driving safe barnes reported frequent termed ground staff added dressing room county games break ironic song chances got later state strong array batsman ahead seldom opportunity big scores extremely useful reserve played tests confidence return retirement later life scored match return australia playing team captained december scored career best new_south_wales following match queensland faced western_australia class match scoring century hit western_australia suffered loss form exceeding innings scored new_south_wales queensland victoria scored innings new_south_wales western_australia followed clear form played final match team october scoring innings south_australia reached seven final innings run final season saw score runs total played matches south_australia scoring runs average centuries fifties aside average south australia successful team centuries scored victoria average scored runs highest score new_south_wales awarded centenary medal services australian society sport cricket died adelaide nursing home aged test match performance
Ron Hamence