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Tom Dollery
Personal information
Full name
Horace Edgar Dollery
BattingRight-hand bat
Bowling-
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 4 436
Runs scored 72 24414
Batting average 10.28 37.50
100s/50s -/- 50/128
Top score 37 212
Balls bowled - 48
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 1/- 290/14
Source: [1]

Tom Dollery (14 October 1914 – 20 January 1987)[1] was an English cricketer, who played for England and Warwickshire.

Life and career

Born Horace Edgar Dollery in Reading, Berkshire,[1] and playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire at the age of 15, Dollery joined Warwickshire in 1934, and was a mainstay of the team until retirement in 1955.[1] His forceful middle order batting earned him more than 1,000 runs in 15 consecutive first-class seasons from 1935 to 1955.

Dollery's principal claim to fame, though, was as one of the first professional captains in English first-class cricket,[1] and certainly the first successful one. Appointed joint Warwickshire captain in 1948, he took sole charge the following year and retained the post for seven seasons. In 1951, he led the county to their first County Championship title since 1911, and only their second ever.

Wisden reported that Dollery's influence as captain was fundamental to the success. It wrote: "He possessed that rare gift of being a born leader of men both on and off the field. He united his team in a cheerful confidence and behind it all he was a shrewd tactician, particularly in the field, where he exploited the weaknesses of the opposition."[2] Dollery's highest score came in 1952 with 212 against Leicestershire. In the field he patrolled cover, later preferring slip, although in 1947 he spent half of the season as a makeshift wicket-keeper.[3]

An entertaining man, Dollery's drollery made for fun company, as Jack Fingleton affirmed, recalling a dressing-room drink in Edgbaston in 1953.

Dollery's career in Test matches was less successful. He played for England four times between 1947 and 1950, but scored only 72 runs in seven innings.[1]

He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1952.

Following retirement from cricket, Tom and his wife Jean became the stewards at Edgbaston Golf club. Their grand-daughter, Abi, married the Warwickshire and England cricketer, Jonathan Trott, in April 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 54. ISBN 1-869833-21-X. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Warwickshire in 1951". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1952 ed.). Wisden. p. 544.
  3. ^ Wisden. "Tom Dollery". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

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