Anthony Douglas Jose (17 February 1929 – 3 February 1972), known as Tony Jose, was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia, Kent, Oxford University and Free Foresters between 1948 and 1953.[1]
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| Full name | Anthony Douglas Jose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1929 Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 February 1972 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947/48 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951-52 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The second son of Gilbert Jose, who also played first-class cricket for South Australia,[2] and Hazel (nee Brook), who died in 1930,[3] Jose was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Adelaide's St Peter's College, where he was dux in 1945 and captain in 1946.[4]
Accepted into Adelaide University in 1946 to study Medicine, Jose was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1948,[4] heading to Oxford University, where he gained a doctorate.[5]
Sporting career edit
Jose excelled in a range of sports from an early age, holding the state junior record for long jump and triple jump, representing the South Australian junior team in rugby union and was a leading junior hurdler.[4]
He made his senior district cricket debut for Adelaide University Cricket Club in November 1947 and his debut for South Australia came two months later, aged 18, on 9 January 1948[2] against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground, opening the bowling and taking 2/76 and 2/33, including the wickets of Test players Arthur Morris and Sid Barnes.[6]
Jose was praised for his debut performance, with onlookers noting that he gave "the ball a disconcertedly late swing" and the Sydney Daily Telegraph thought him to be a Test possibility.[7]
However, Jose only played twice more for South Australia before moving to England to study at Oxford. While there, Jose played for the university, being awarded blues in 1950 and 1951.[5] as well as occasionally for Kent in 1951 and 1952[5][8][9] and Free Foresters in 1953.[10]
Jose worked as a cardiologist in Sydney and Los Angeles, [11] where he committed suicide in 1972, aged 42.[11]
Family edit
In addition to his father, Jose's grandfather George Jose was Dean of Adelaide,[2] his uncle Sir Ivan Bede Jose was awarded the Military Medal during World War I while another uncle, Wilfred Jose, was killed in the war.
References edit
- ^ Page, p. 22.
- ^ a b c Bonnell & Sproul, p. 135.
- ^ "Private Casualty Advices", The Advertiser, 23 February 1943, p. 3.
- ^ a b c "State Cricketer Rhodes Scholar", News (Adelaide), 3 December 1948, p. 1.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries 1953". Cricinfo. Wisden Cricketers Almanack. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1947/48 New South Wales v South Australia". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ "Youth copies style of ex-Test bowler", Daily Telegraph, 9 January 1948, p. 16.
- ^ Tony Jose, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Tony Jose CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "University Match, 1953 Oxford University v Free Foresters". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ a b Bonnell & Sproul, p. 136.
Sources edit
- Bonnell, M & Sproul, A. (2022) Black Swan Summer: The Improbable Story of Western Australia's first Sheffield Shield, Pitch Publishing: Chichester. ISBN 9781801502054.
- Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877-1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.