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Henry Donnan (12 November 1864 – 13 August 1956) was an Australian
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between 1892 and 1896. Donnan scored the first century in the
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when he made 120 for
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in the first Shield match in 1892–93. Donnan worked for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for 42 years until he retired in 1923.


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List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ...


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