Ted Martin
Cricket Player
1902 – 2004
Who was Ted Martin?
Edmund John "Ted" Martin was an Australian cricketer who played two first-class matches in 1932–33, both against a touring English side under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine, which used Bodyline tactics. In his first match, for Western Australia against the tourists, he took three wickets in each innings bowling leg breaks, including the wickets of Herbert Sutcliffe, Maurice Leyland, Hedley Verity and the Nawab of Pataudi. In his second match, for an Australian XI against the tourists, he failed to take a wicket, recording figures of 0/126 in his only innings, and making a single run before being stumped by George Duckworth off the bowling of Tommy Mitchell.
Martin died in Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 101 years and 253 days, making him the fifth oldest first-class cricketer ever, and the oldest ever Australian cricketer, as well as the ninth first-class cricketer, and the first Australian cricketer, to live to be 100 years old. After the death of Jim Hutchinson in November 2000, he became the oldest living first-class cricketer.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1902
Eaglehawk, Victoria - Nationality
- Australia
- Died
- Jun 9, 2004
Perth
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on July 23, 2013
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