Lance Desmond Duldig (21 February 1922 – 14 September 1998) was a first-class cricketer who played for South Australia from 1941 to 1953. He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1949–50.
 Duldig on a 1951 card | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lance Desmond Duldig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1922 Eudunda, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 September 1998 (aged 76) Beaumont, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940–41 to 1952–53 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career edit
A right-handed middle-order batsman, Lance Duldig captained the South Australian schoolboys team in 1937.[1] He made his first-class debut for South Australia on his nineteenth birthday in 1941.[2] He enlisted later that year and served with the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion in New Guinea.[3] His recovery after the war was hampered by malaria,[2] and his second first-class match did not come until 1948–49, when he began five seasons as a regular member of the South Australian team.
He scored consistently, making nearly 2000 runs in the five seasons, but with only one century, 121 not out against Victoria in 1949–50.[2] He was selected in the Australian team that toured New Zealand in 1949–50 under Bill Brown, but made only 80 runs in four first-class matches in the damp conditions.[4]
His attractive unbeaten 70 against MCC in 1950–51 was described punningly in one British paper as "far from a dull dig".[5] The next season, he top-scored in South Australia's second innings against the West Indians, making 66 out of a total of 155 on a turning pitch.[6] South Australia won the Sheffield Shield in his last season, 1952–53, but he lost form and missed the last match in which South Australia clinched the title.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ridings, Duldig for New Zealand". The Advertiser: 10. 5 January 1950. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ a b c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 151.
- ^ "Service Record: Duldig, Lance Desmond". www.ww2roll.gov.au. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Wisden 1951, p. 829.
- ^ Wisden 1999, p. 1477.
- ^ "South Australia v West Indians, 1951–52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Wisden 1954, p. 851.
External links edit
- Lance Duldig at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Lance Duldig at ESPNcricinfo