William (Billy) Lloyd Murdoch (born 18 October 1854 in Sandhurst, Victoria - died 18 February 1911 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer, probably best remembered for captaining the Australian tours to England in 1880, 1882 (when the Ashes legend was born), and 1884. He was widely regarded the finest Australian batsman of his day, being bettered only by the English champion WG Grace. Australian National Flag For more information, see Australian Government, Flying the Flag - Its an Honour!. Created by User:E Pluribus Anthony File links The following pages link to this file: Australia Politics of Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Labor Party Australian Democrats Australian Capital Territory Talk:Australian rules... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... In the sport of cricket there are two categories of bowler: pace bowler and spin bowler. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... This article is about the cricket term. ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... This article is about the cricket term. ... An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... This article is about the cricket term. ... In the sport of cricket, the term stump has three different meanings: part of the wicket, a manner of dismissing a batsman, and the end of the days play (stumps). Part of the wicket The stumps are three vertical posts supporting the bails to form a wicket at each... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (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. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]) and 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: 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 (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... William Gilbert Grace (July 18, 1848–October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ...

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Murdoch established himself as one of the era's greatest batsmen over the next few years, leading Australia in several Test series against England.

Later in life Murdoch settled in England, and he and John Ferris became the first cricketers to represent two nations at Test level when the two former Australian team-mates represented England against South Africa in Cape Town in March 1892. John James Ferris (21 May 1867 - 17 November 1900), a left-arm swing bowler, was one of the few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country. ... Missing image The central area of Cape Town as seen from Table Mountain. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Murdoch's standing as one of the greatest first-class batsmen of his era were strengthened by his statistics; 16,953 runs scored in 391 matches at the average of 26.86 at a time when batting averages were much lower than in modern times. Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ...

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Teams

International

• Australia
• England

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Australian state

• New South Wales

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English county

• London County
• Sussex

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Career highlights

Tests

Test Debut: for Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1876-1877
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• Murdoch's best Test batting score of 211 was made for Australia against England, The Oval, 1884. It was the first double hundred in Test cricket.
• His Test captaincy record for Australia was: 16 matches, 5 wins, 7 losses, 4 draws

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David William Gregory (April 15, 1845 in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales - August 4, 1919 in Turramurra, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer of the 19th century. ... Test match captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Australian cricket team for at least one Test match. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

External reference

• Cricinfo Player Profile : Billy Murdoch (http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6669.html)
• HowSTAT! statistical profile of Billy Murdoch (http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=1235)