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{{Short description|Australian sportsman (1871–1942)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Joe Travers
| image             = Joe Travers, 1914.png
| caption           =
| batting           = Left-handed
| bowling           = Slow left-arm orthodox
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1871|01|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1942|08|15|1871|01|10|df=yes}}
| death_place       = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1          = 1
| runs1             = 10
| bat avg1          = 5.00
| 100s/50s1         = 0/0
| top score1        = 9
| deliveries1       = 48
| wickets1          = 1
| bowl avg1         = 14.00
| fivefor1          = 0
| tenfor1           = 0
| best bowling1     = 1/14
| catches/stumpings1= 1/–
| column2           = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2          = 37 
| runs2             = 760
| bat avg2          = 16.52
| 100s/50s2         = 0/2
| top score2        = 77
| deliveries2       = 8,977
| wickets2          = 117
| bowl avg2         = 31.39
| fivefor2          = 5
| tenfor2           = 1
| best bowling2     = 9/30
| catches/stumpings2= 25/–
| international     = true
| country           = Australia
| testdebutagainst  = England
| testdebutdate     = 28 February
| testdebutyear     = 1902
|             testcap = 84
| onetest           = true
| source            = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7963.html Cricinfo
| date              = 10 September
| year              = 2022
}}
'''Joseph Patrick Francis "Ike" Travers''' (10 January 1871 – 15 September 1942) was an Australian [[cricket]]er who played in one [[Test cricket|Test match]] in 1902. He played [[Australian rules football]] for [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] in the [[South Australian National Football League|South Australian Football Association]] (SAFA) during the 1890s.<ref>''The Register News-Pictorial '', "[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53453001 Two-Day Stars Of Other Days]", 8 June 1929. p. 38</ref>

==Cricket career==
Travers was very successful at local club level in the South Australian first grade competition during the late 1890s and early 1900s, often taking more wickets in a season than any other player.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209105378 |title=ELECTORATE CRICKET. |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |volume=XLII |issue=12,456 |location=South Australia |date=3 April 1905 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

After his cricket playing career was over, Travers gave much time and support to the administration side of the game, particularly as a selector, team manager and committee member.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208075296 |title=SPORTING PERSONALITIES |newspaper=[[The Journal (Adelaide)|The Journal]] |volume=LVII |issue=15984 |location=South Australia |date=17 November 1922 |accessdate=6 November 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Death==
Travers died in 1942 after a long illness.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180307004 |title=JOE TRAVERS PASSES ON |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |volume=  |issue=2114 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=23 September 1942 |accessdate=1 August 2021 |page=15 (Edition2) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1900–01 to 1949–50)}}

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[[Category:Australia Test cricketers]]
[[Category:South Australia cricketers]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:Norwood Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian cricketers]]


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