Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
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Ernie Toshack was a member of Donald Bradman's famous Australian cricket team, which toured England in 1948 and was undefeated in their 34 matches. This unprecedented feat by a Test side touring England earned Bradman's men the sobriquet The Invincibles.
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Full name | Ernest Raymond Herbert Toshack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1914-12-08)8 December 1914 Cobar, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 May 2003(2003-05-11) (aged 88) Bobbin Head, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Black Prince | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Specialist bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 10 June 1948 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 22 July 1948 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A left-arm medium-pace seam bowler, Toshack was a member of the first-choice team, and played in the first four Test matches before succumbing to a persistent knee injury. Toshack contained the English batsmen with leg theory in between the new ball bursts of Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall. He took 11 wickets in the Tests; his most notable performance was the 5/40 he took in the second innings of the Second Test at Lord's.[1] However, his knee failed in the first innings of the Fourth Test when he took 1/112. He was unable to bowl in the second innings and missed the Fifth Test, marking the end of his Test career.
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 7/81 against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane. He also took 6/51 in the first innings of the match against the Marylebone Cricket Club, who were almost entirely represented by English Test cricketers, playing a key part in an innings victory. With little batting ability, Toshack usually batted last in Australia's line-up and scored 78 runs at a batting average of 8.66, the worst first-class aggregate and average among the tourists. However, in the Tests, he was dismissed only once and averaged 51.00 with a series of tail-wagging performances, including his career best of 20 not out.