Col Westaway
Australian cricketer
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Full name | Colin Edward Westaway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-08-27)27 August 1936 Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 October 2015(2015-10-15) (aged 79) Moggill, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957–58 to 1963–64 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2024 |
Colin Edward Westaway (27 August 1936 – 15 October 2015) was an Australian cricketer. He played 19 first-class matches for Queensland between 1957 and 1964.[1]
Westaway was a leg-spin bowler and tail-end batsman. He achieved his best bowling figures of 6 for 88 and his highest score of 33 in the same match, the opening match of the 1960–61 Sheffield Shield, against New South Wales in Brisbane.[2] Illness ended his first-class career after the 1963–64 season.[3]
A cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Moggill is named the Col Westaway Oval in his honour.[3]
References
External links
- Col Westaway at ESPNcricinfo
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