Sydney Deane
Cricket Player
1863 – 1934
Who was Sydney Deane?
Sydney Leslie Deane was a first-class cricketer and entertainer, and the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood movie.
Born in Balmain, Sydney, to Edward and Sophia, Deane was a promising junior Rugby Union player and represented New South Wales against Queensland. Along with his cousins, Australian Test captain Billy Murdoch and Norman Deane, who played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Deane also excelled in cricket, and made his first-class debut for New South Wales, against Victoria, at the Association Ground, Sydney on 25 January 1890. A wicket-keeper, Deane held six catches, at that time an Australian first-class record and caught the attention of the selectors for the Australian squad for the upcoming Ashes tour of Britain. In the next match, against South Australia, Deane also performed well, and starred in a non-first-class match against a Queensland XV.
On 19 February 1890, Deane was selected in the Australian cricket squad. However, the Victorian members of the squad protested against Deane's inclusion, arguing that it was favouritism towards New South Wales. Victorian wicket keeper Jack Blackham, a key member of the Australian side, went as far as to threaten to boycott the tour if Deane was selected ahead of fellow Victorian Jack Harry. Eventually a compromise wicket keeper, Tasmanian Kenneth Burn was selected, although Burn had never kept wicket in his life.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1863
Balmain - Also known as
- Sidney Dean
- Sydney Dean
- Sidney Deane
- Sydney Leslie Deane
- Parents
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 20, 1934
New York
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on July 23, 2013
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