Cecil Dominic Gerard Toomey (4 October 1915 – 11 August 1981) was a New Zealand

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er. He played eight first-class matches, seven of them for Otago between the 1939–40 and 1945–46 seasons. Toomey was born at

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in 1915 and worked as a dentist.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 130. Cardiff:

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. He made his representative debut for Otago in the team's final match of the 1939–40 season, a fixture against

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. He replaced the more experienced Allen Holden in the side following Otago's heavy defeat against

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in December, the '' Otago Daily Times'' suggesting that this was "the right occasion to give a promising player his opportunity".Otago Cricket Team, '' Otago Daily Times'', issue 24217, 8 February 1940, p. 4.
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. Retrieved 31 May 2023.) He scored 11 runs in his first innings and made a half-century―a score of 51―in the second as Otago recorded their first victory of the

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season.Cecil Toomey
CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2023. He played in a variety of wartime matches, six of which have first-class status, including a match for South Island against North Island in March 1945, as well as representative matches between Otago and

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. His final first-class fixture was in the 1945–46

against Wellington at the

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. Toomey died at Dunedin in 1981. He was aged 65. An obituary was published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack''. His older brother Francis also played first-class cricket for Otago.

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