Jack Massie
Australian cricketer and rugby union player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert John Allwright Massie DSO (8 July 1890 – 14 February 1966) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played with New South Wales and represented them in the Sheffield Shield.
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Full name | Robert John Allwright Massie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1890-07-08)8 July 1890 North Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 February 1966(1966-02-14) (aged 75) Mosman, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1910/11–1913/14 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2022 |
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Massie also served in World War I as an officer in the Australian Imperial Force, seeing action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France. Injuries sustained in the war ended his cricket career, but he had a successful business career, principally with British American Tobacco.