Neil Joseph
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Neil Stanley Joseph (1906 – 21 September 1947)[1] was a Sri Lankan sportsman who played cricket 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][3] Bradman had made 40 when he got out.
Joseph was educated at Royal College, Colombo. In 1925 he scored his first Royal-Thomian century, a superb 113 made in only 65 minutes.[4] In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.[5] He went on Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33.[6]
While at college, he cleared 20 feet and 11 inches (6.37m) in long jump. He was goal-keeper for St Michael's soccer club in senior competition, and a golfer of high standard. His obituary called him "one of the greatest all-round sportsmen that Ceylon has ever had".[1]
Joseph worked as a newspaper reporter for the Times of Ceylon for some years. He died in September 1947 after a long illness, aged 41.[1][6]
References
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- ↑ a b c Obituary, Times of Ceylon, 22 September 1947
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- ↑ Record breaking Ponsford adds to his laurels, Times of Ceylon, 2 April 1930
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- ↑ a b I. M. Mansukhani, "Ceylon Tour in India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1933, p. 75.
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