Bert Wright (2 December 1926 – 20 November 1994) 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 three
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
matches for
Victoria between 1950 and 1951.
He also played for
Footscray Cricket Club
Footscray Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team competing in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.
History
The Footscray Cricket Club was founded in 1883 and for the first 113 years of its existence was located at the Western Oval un ...
and was captain of Ivanhoe.
"Footscray lose 'keeper"
The Argus, Melbourne, 13 September 1956, p 14
See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
*Jack Cannon
"Footscray Player In State Side"
The Argus, Melbourne, 7 November 1949, p 16
*Outfield
"Job All He Needs"
The Daily News, Perth, 8 August 1953, p 11
*Outfield
"'Keeper Keen To Play Here"
The Daily News, Perth, 22 August 1953, p 10
"...And Shield Hopes Stop Another"
The Daily News, Perth, 17 September 1953, p 16
"Wright Star of District Games"
The Age, Melbourne, 2 March 1953, p 12
"Season's First Centuries"
Weekly Times, Melbourne, 18 October 1950, p 74
"Centuries in Vic. Cricket"
The Mail, Adelaide, 14 October 1950, p 38
"Good Start By Keepers"
Sporting Globe, Melbourne, 18 October 1950, p 15
"Keeper hurts left thumb"
The Argus, Melbourne, 4 February 1952, p 11
"Footscray Use Hurt 'Keeper"
The Argus, Melbourne, 8 February 1952, p 9
*P J Millard
"District Averages: Footscray man moves up"
The Herald, Melbourne, 5 February 1954, p 19
*"Bert Wright" i
"Four of V.C.A. Team Played Against Tasmanians At MCG Last January"
Examiner, Launceston, 15 December 1950, p 12
External links
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1926 births
1994 deaths
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
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