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Neil Joseph

Neil Joseph

Sri Lankan cricketer


Neil Stanley Joseph (born 1906, date of death unknown)[1] was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for All-Ceylon in the 1930s. In a one-day match against the touring Australians in 1930, he dismissed Don Bradman hit wicket with the first ball he bowled.[2]

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Neil Joseph went to Royal College, Colombo. In 1925 he scored his first Royal-Thomian century, a superb 113 made in only 65 minutes.[3] In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957.[citation needed]

He played eight first-class matches for Ceylon between 1932 and 1935. His highest score was 78 against MCC in 1933–34, when no one else for Ceylon in the match reached 30.[4] He went on Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33.[5]

Joseph worked as a newspaper reporter.[5]


References

  1. Joseph is listed as deceased in his Cricinfo profile, although the details are unknown.
  2. "Ceylon v Australians 1929-30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. Thenabadu, Sunil. "Royal firm favourites in the historic encounter". Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. "Ceylon v MCC 1933-34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. I. M. Mansukhani, "Ceylon Tour in India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1933, p. 75.



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