Bill Woodfull

William "Bill" Woodfull (22 August 1897, Maldon, Victoria, Australia - 11 August 1965, Tweed Heads South, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. He played for Victoria and the Australian cricket team, and captained both. Image File history File links Bill_Woodfull. ... Image File history File links Bill_Woodfull. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

A solid opening batsman, Woodfull made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria in the 1921-22 season. He later toured England in 1926, making his Test cricket debut in the first Test. He formed a strong opening pair with Bill Ponsford in an era when Australia fielded a formidable team, and earned the nickname The Rock for his immaculate defensive technique and supremely patient personality. Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... William Harold Ponsford (born 19 October 1900, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ...

For the next tour of England in 1930, Woodfull was appointed captain, and led Australia until his retirement 25 Tests later in 1934. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He led Australia during the notorious Bodyline series in 1932-33, when the touring English cricket team, led by Douglas Jardine, used the tactic of bowling at the bodies of the Australian batsmen. Despite numerous injuries to himself and his players, he remained publicly calm and patient throughout this tumultuous series, only expressing his true disgust in private. One remark, to English team manager Pelham Warner as he visited the Australian dressing room to express sympathies for a nasty wound to Woodfull caused by the Bodyline bowling, was leaked to the press and became one of the most famous quotations to emerge from this momentous period of cricket history: Bill Woodfull evades a Bodyline ball. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England and Wales, although Wales is almost never mentioned in the teams name. ... Douglas Robert Jardine (23 October 1900, Bombay - 18 June 1958, Montreux) was a British cricketer and captain of the controversial 1932-33 Bodyline tour of Australia. ... Sir Pelham Francis Warner, affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or the Grand Old Man of English cricket was born on 2 October 1873 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and died on 30 January 1963 at West Lavington, Sussex. ...

I don't want to see you, Mr Warner. There are two teams out there. One is trying to play cricket and the other is not.

After the Bodyline series, Woodfull led Australia to England in the reconciliatory tour of 1934, after which he retired from first-class cricket. 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1927, and inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Outside cricket, Woodfull made a successful career as a teacher and served as headmaster of Melbourne High School. He always considered his contributions to education more important than anything he ever did on the cricket field. In 1934 he turned down the offer of a knighthood for services to cricket, but in 1963 accepted an OBE for services to education. Name Melbourne High School Address Forrest Hill Suburb South Yarra, Victoria 3141 Established 1905 Community Mixed: Urban & Rural Type Government (Selective) Religion Secular Students Approx. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...

Woodfull played 35 Tests for Australia, scoring 2,300 runs at an average of 46.00. In his first-class career, he played 174 matches, scoring 13,388 runs at an average of 64.99.

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See also

Cricinfo Player Profile : Bill Woodfull