Alfred Rushforth (23 April 1898 – 30 December 1985) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played 24
first-class matches for
Tasmania between 1922 and 1937.
For 25 years, Rushforth was employed by the
Alexander Patent Racket Company in
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston () or () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, Launceston has a population of 87,645. Material was copied ...
. In 1950, he was appointed general manager of the company, a position he held until his resignation in 1959.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
References
External links
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1898 births
1985 deaths
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Hobart
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