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- Bert_Oldfield abstract "William Albert Stanley \"Bert\" Oldfield (9 September 1894, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 10 August 1976, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. He played for New South Wales and the Australian cricket team as wicket-keeper.He served with the first Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 15th Field Ambulance. He was wounded in 1917 when shot in the leg. At the conclusion of the war he was selected to be part of the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team which played 28 first class matches in Britain, South Africa and Australia.Oldfield made his first-class cricket debut in England in 1919, and played his first Test match against England in his hometown of Sydney in the 1920-21 season. He was dropped for several matches over the next few years, but established himself as Australia's automatic selection for wicket-keeper in the 1924-25 Ashes series against England.He missed only one other Test in his career, that being the fourth Test of the 1932-33 Bodyline series. In the notorious third Test at Adelaide, the English Bodyline tactic of bowling fast balls directed at the Australian batsmen's bodies reached its most dramatic moment when fast bowler Harold Larwood hit Oldfield in the head, fracturing his skull (although this was from a top edge off a traditional non-Bodyline ball and Oldfield admitted it was his fault). Oldfield was carried from the ground unconscious. He recovered in time for the fifth Test of the series.Always an easy-going personality, Oldfield immediately forgave Larwood for the incident, and the two eventually became firm friends when Larwood later emigrated to Australia.Oldfield played Test cricket for four more years, ending his career in 1937. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1927.Oldfield played 54 Tests for Australia, scoring 1,427 runs at an average of 22.65, and taking 78 catches and 52 stumpings. His tally of 52 stumpings remains a Test career world record. In first-class cricket he played 245 matches, scoring 6,135 runs at an average of 23.77, and taking 399 catches and 263 stumpings.An oval in the Sydney suburb of Killara is named in Oldfield's honour.".
- Bert_Oldfield birthDate "1894-09-09".
- Bert_Oldfield birthPlace Alexandria,_New_South_Wales.
- Bert_Oldfield birthPlace Australia.
- Bert_Oldfield country Australia.
- Bert_Oldfield deathDate "1976-08-10".
- Bert_Oldfield deathPlace Australia.
- Bert_Oldfield deathPlace Killara.
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink 15th_Brigade_(Australia).
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Adelaide.
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Bodyline.
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:1894_births.
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:1976_deaths.
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australia_Test_cricketers.
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year.
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink Killara.
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Test_cricket_records.
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bert Oldfield".
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLinkText "W. A. S. Oldfield".
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- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLinkText "WAS Oldfield's XI".
- Bert_Oldfield wikiPageWikiLinkText "William Oldfield".
- Bert_Oldfield 50s "0".
- Bert_Oldfield 50s "6".
- Bert_Oldfield batAvg "22.65".
- Bert_Oldfield batAvg "23.77".
- Bert_Oldfield batting "Right-handed".
- Bert_Oldfield bestBowling "–".
- Bert_Oldfield birthDate "1894-09-09".
- Bert_Oldfield birthPlace Alexandria,_New_South_Wales.
- Bert_Oldfield birthPlace Australia.
- Bert_Oldfield bowlAvg "–".
- Bert_Oldfield stumpings "399".
- Bert_Oldfield stumpings "78".
- Bert_Oldfield club New_South_Wales_cricket_team.
- Bert_Oldfield column First-class_cricket.
- Bert_Oldfield column Test_cricket.
- Bert_Oldfield columns "2".
- Bert_Oldfield country "Australia".
- Bert_Oldfield date "--09-29".
- Bert_Oldfield deathDate "1976-08-10".
- Bert_Oldfield deathPlace Australia.
- Bert_Oldfield deathPlace Killara.
- Bert_Oldfield deliveries "0".
- Bert_Oldfield fivefor "–".
- Bert_Oldfield fullname "William Albert Stanley Oldfield".
- Bert_Oldfield international "true".
- Bert_Oldfield lasttestagainst "England".
- Bert_Oldfield lasttestdate "--03-03".
- Bert_Oldfield lasttestyear "1937".
- Bert_Oldfield matches "245".
- Bert_Oldfield matches "54".
- Bert_Oldfield name "Bert Oldfield".
- Bert_Oldfield role Wicket-keeper.
- Bert_Oldfield runs "1427".
- Bert_Oldfield runs "6135".
- Bert_Oldfield source "http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7003.html Cricinfo".
- Bert_Oldfield tenfor "–".
- Bert_Oldfield testcap "109".
- Bert_Oldfield testdebutagainst "England".
- Bert_Oldfield testdebutdate "--12-17".
- Bert_Oldfield testdebutyear "1920".
- Bert_Oldfield topScore "137".
- Bert_Oldfield topScore "65".
- Bert_Oldfield wickets "–".