John Allan Ledward MBE (22 April 1909 – 22 July 1997) was an Australian cricketer and cricket administrator.
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| Full name | John Allan Ledward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1909 Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 July 1997 (aged 88) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934/35–1938/39 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ledward played 22 first-class cricket matches as a batsman for Victoria between 1935 and 1939.[1] His highest score was 154 against Tasmania in 1935–36.[2]
After 24 years with the National Bank of Australasia, Ledward served as secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association from 1951 to 1973, and secretary of the Australian Cricket Board of Control from 1954 to 1960. He was appointed MBE for his services to cricket in 1962.[3] He was assistant manager of the Australian cricket team in England in 1964, and one of the key organisers of the Rest of the World tour in 1971–72.[4]
Ledward played for Richmond in Melbourne district cricket for more than 20 years, captaining them to their first premiership in 1946–47. He was posthumously selected as captain of the Tigers Team of the Century.[5]
References
edit- ^ "John Ledward". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Tasmania v Victoria 1935–36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 303.
- ^ "Ledward, John Allan". Victorian Premier Cricket. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "John Allan Ledward M.B.E." Richmond CC. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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