cricketer december june english born gentleman spent life businessman queensland australia late 1880s amateur cricketer played somerset played born gloucestershire spent early childhood australia moved england family march enable older brother receive education attended cambridge gained sporting blue playing university match oxford class appearances cambridge somerset play class cricket left cambridge graduating returned australia working new south wales nearly years joined brother frank large pastoral station queensland owned father time managed son edward remained australia retirement june returned wife children england settled kent life career early life cricket born gloucestershire december sixth child fourth son susan née elder siblings died early childhood older brother alfred died years old apart spending years director firm sydney father politician queensland served eighth treasurer queensland school briefly queensland australia family moved england march attended football team year played school cricket team alongside older brother better known frank brothers combined seventeen wickets robert claimed innings second followed older brother cambridge year played trial match claimed wickets innings played class match university summer bowling overs taking wicket yorkshire played second class matches best performance somerset time kent claimed wickets innings following year cambridge played class matches university gained blue match summer played university match cambridge won runs aided strong bowling claimed wickets conceded runs tenth best bowling performance university later summer claimed wickets lancashire picked wickets touring australians match australians collected wickets innings seven second albeit match prolific match played cold weather catches hard hold said match lancashire number dropped ball bowled caught nash ball following selected play gentlemen england touring australians claimed wickets match australians won innings university match little success taking wickets overs conceded runs cambridge won match seven wickets played class cricket matches took wickets average claimed wickets innings times wickets match twice bowled unusual action gained nickname twisting tommy resemblance batsman totalled runs average including half centuries career best return australia graduate cambridge instead returned australia farming new south wales late older brother frank large station owned father later sir managed son edward december frank established independently fathers bought huge station bob words letter father miles railway miles consists square miles country good possible brothers younger brothers douglas norman joined firm years later went acquire numerous queensland stations premature death largest sheep farming enterprises world response claims american journalist american sheep farmer dated october echoed saying good season american shaking title biggest sheep farmers world established biography described progressive run station north west queensland modern technology achieve including private telephone lines machines steam married year old olive james cathedral queensland seven children took management family estates brother frank retirement england november years later founding member brisbane branch round table member left protest failure referendum introduce conscription instead joined president remained active businessman retirement time moved england moved parents home kent remained died june
Robert Ramsay (cricketer)