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Barney O'Shaughnessy
Personal information
Full name
Barney O'Shaughnessy
Born(1912-02-28)28 February 1912
Wiluna, Western Australia
Died27 May 2007(2007-05-27) (aged 95)
Nedlands, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition F/C
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 1
Bowling average 81.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: CricketArchive, 2 December 2012

Barney O'Shaughnessy (28 February 1912 – 27 May 2007) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia. Born in the isolated Mid-West town of Wiluna, Western Australia, where his family managed a hotel, O'Shaughnessy was sent to Perth for schooling, attending Christian Brothers' College as a boarder. Playing as a fast bowler and attacking batsman, he played cricket for the school in the Darlot Cup, and also captained the school's football team in 1931, his final year at the school.[1] In one match, against Scotch College in November 1931, O'Shaughnessy scored a century, 100 runs exactly, from 65 minutes of batting, including seven sixes and nine fours.[2]

O'Shaughnessy's single match for Western Australia was against the Marylebone Cricket Club on their 1932–33 tour of Australia.[3] In the match, held at the WACA Ground in late October 1932, he opened Western Australia's bowling alongside Ron Halcombe in both innings, taking 0/50 in the first and 1/31 in the second innings. His only wicket was that of Leslie Ames, who he bowled for 19 runs.[4] He batted at number ten in Western Australia's only innings, and scored a duck.[5] O'Shaughnessy returned to Wiluna in 1933 to take over the Club Hotel, which his family had previously run.[6] During the Second World War, O'Shaughnessy enlisted in the Australian Army, along with several other sportsmen from Western Australia.[7] He served as a private in the 2/1 Guard Regiment, and was discharged in November 1944.[8] O'Shaughnessy eventually retired to Perth, dying in Nedlands in May 2007, at the age of 95.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AMONG THE COLLEGES: C.B.C.'S LOSSES" – The Daily News. Published 1 June 1932.
  2. ^ "AMONG THE COLLEGES: Darlot Cup Contest" – The Daily News. Published 25 November 1931.
  3. ^ First-Class Matches played by Barney O'Shaughnessy (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b Barney O'Shaughnessy – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. ^ Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1932/33 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Three Hundred Cricketers Will Take Charge of Wickets on Sunday" – The Daily News. Published 26 October 1933.
  7. ^ "Fast Bowlers Open Sportsmen's Attack" – The Daily News. Published 3 July 1940.
  8. ^ O'SHAUGHNESSY, BARNEY – WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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