Robert Martin O'Shannassy (born 7 March 1949) is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer.
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| Full name | Robert Martin O'Shannassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1949 Hindmarsh, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976/77 - 1981/82 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
O'Shannassy played in four first-class matches for South Australia in 1976/77 and one List A match in 1981/82,[1] and played 16 matches for North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[2]
Born in Hindmarsh, an inner suburb of Adelaide,[3] O'Shannassy attended Prospect Primary School and Adelaide High School[4] before studying Pharmacy at the University of Adelaide.
Cricket
editOriginally a wicket-keeper,[4] O'Shannassy made his Adelaide Grade cricket debut for Prospect Cricket Club in the 1966/67 season, aged 17 as an all-rounder.[4] He switched to Adelaide University Cricket Club, winning the Bradman Medal for the best player in Adelaide Grade cricket in 1968/69, 1979/80 and 1980/81[5] before his appointment as captain of Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club in 1983/84. On his retirement from Grade cricket in 1986, O'Shannassy had scored 4278 runs at 18.43 and took 521 wickets at 18.34, with a highest score of 71 and best bowling performance of 8/26.[4]
O'Shannassy made his first-class debut for South Australia on 8 January 1977 against Western Australia at the WACA, scoring 10 and one not out and taking 2/75.[6]
O'Shannassy made his highest first-class score of 48 and best bowling analysis of 2/54 in the same match, against Queensland at the Adelaide Oval[7] but only played one more first-class match for South Australia.
O'Shannassy remained out of the South Australian side until the 1981/82 season when he was chosen to make his List A debut, against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 3 December 1981. He made 4* and took 2/62 from 10 overs as South Australia lost by 111 runs.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bob O'Shannassy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Coward, p. 56.
- ^ Page, p. 28.
- ^ a b c d Sando, p. 117.
- ^ Sando, p. 179.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield: Western Australia v South Australia". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "heffield Shield, 1976/77 South Australia v Queensland Adelaide Oval 11,12,13,14 February 1977". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "McDonald's Cup, 1981/82, 4th Match New South Wales v South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 3 December 1981". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
Sources
edit- Coward, M. "Begorrah - It's Bob!", Australian Cricket, February 1977, Modern Magazines: Sydney.
- Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877-1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
- Sando, G. (1997) Grass Roots, South Australian Cricket Association: Adelaide. ISBN 9781862544352