Charles Bannerman
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Charles Bannerman (3 July 1851 – 20 August 1930) was an English-born Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he represented Australia in three Test matches between 1877 and 1879. At the domestic level, he played for the New South Wales cricket team. Later, he became an umpire.[1]
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Full name | Charles Bannerman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 July 1851 Woolwich, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 August 1930(1930-08-20) (aged 79) Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 1) | 15 March 1877 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 4 January 1879 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1870–1888 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 12 (1887–1902) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 24 April 2020 |
He is most famous for facing the first ball ever bowled in Test cricket, scoring the first run in Test cricket and making the first Test century. This innings of 165 remains the highest individual share of a completed team innings in Test cricket history, despite more than 2,500 Test matches being played since that first Test. Ironically in another first, he was forced to retire hurt; when a ball broke his finger.