Thomas Albert McFarlane
Thomas Albert McFarlane (9 July 1890 – 20 April 1967) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago between 1909 and 1920.[1]
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| Full name | Thomas Albert McFarlane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1890 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 April 1967 (aged 76) Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1909/10–1919/20 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A middle-order batsman and useful bowler, McFarlane made 60 and 10 and took 3 for 85 in Otago's innings loss to Auckland in the Plunket Shield in 1909–10.[2] Still aged only 19, he was selected in the first of the two matches New Zealand played against Australia later that season, but had no success.[3] In 1914 The Otago Daily Times cricket columnist "Long Slip" said McFarlane had "all, or nearly all, the essentials of a great batsman" but was let down by his "lack of restraint".[4]
He served with New Zealand forces at Gallipoli in the First World War.[5] In the 1920s excessive drinking led to his imprisonment.[6]
References
- "Thomas Albert McFarlane". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- "Auckland v Otago 1909-10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 51.
- "Long Slip" (15 January 1914). "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 10.
- "Well-Known Cricketers at the Front". Press: 9. 28 August 1915.
- "Athletic 'Swelled Head': Champion Cricketer's Fall". NZ Truth: 6. 7 June 1924.