Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
Ernie Toshack was a member of Donald Bradman’s famous Australian cricket team, which toured England in 1948. He played in the first four Test matches before succumbing to a persistent knee injury. He took 50 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 21. 12 with four five-wicket innings hauls. His most notable performance was the 540 he took in the second innings of the Second Test at Lord’s.
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Ernie Toshack was a member of Donald Bradman’s famous Australian cricket team, which toured England in 1948. He played in the first four Test matches before succumbing to a persistent knee injury. For the entire tour, Toshack took 50 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 21. 12 with four five-wicket innings hauls, including a best of 781 against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane. His most notable performance was the 540 he took in the second innings of the Second Test at Lord’s. Toshack played in eight of the 11 Tests during this period, taking 36 wickets. He was dismissed only once and averaged 51. 00 with a series of tail-wagging performances, including his career best of 20 not out. He grew tired of signing autographs during the sea voyage to England, and entrusted a friend with the task. However, his friend was unaware of the correct spelling of his name; as a result, there are still sheets in circulation signed Toshak. The team manager Keith Johnson gave Toshack a talking to over this incident. The Australians travelled to London, closest to the closest to England on English soil, with Toshack scoring eight to help add the final wicket for the last and add 33 for the final add-on with Don Tallon. Australia were undefeated in their 34 matches, earning them the sobriquet The Invincibles. He took 11 wickets in the Tests and scored 78 runs at a batting average of 8. 66, the worst first- class aggregate and average among the tourists.
His performances were enough to ensure his selection for the tour of New Zealand in early 1946, where Toshack made his Test debut in the one-off match against the hosts’ national team. He only made the trip after a 3–2 majority vote by a medical panel, despite being one of the first players chosen by the selectors on cricketing merit. He then missed the next match against Yorkshire as Australia came close to losing a match on the tour, scraping by four wickets on a damp damp day. He returned as the first-choice team to play Surrey at the Oval, and he had his first outing with eight wicket scoring eight and did not bat at 4414. Australia won the match by an innings and then took 232 in theFirst innings of Cambridge University, and didnot bat as Australia declared 4414 at 4415. He also took 651 in the First innings of a match against Marylebone Cricket Club, who were almost entirely represented by English Test cricketers, playing a key part in an innings victory. Australia bowled first, and Toshack taking two quick wickets to reduce the hosts to 3158 after a 137-run second wicket partnership. He ended with 239 as Australia dismissed Worcestershire for 233. He later took 140 in theSecond innings as the tourists started their campaign with an innings victories, setting the tone for the summer. Australia made 8462 declared, and then take 140 in their second innings as Australia made an innings win against Worcesterhire.
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