John Cassimar Treanor (17 August 1922 – 7 November 1993) was a
first-class cricketer who played for
New South Wales between 1954 and 1957.
Cricket career
A
leg-spin bowler, Treanor made his first-class debut in the
Sheffield Shield against Queensland in 1954–55, taking 5 for 146 and 3 for 69 (including a
hat-trick) in the drawn match. In his next match he took 3 for 64 and 4 for 96 against the
touring MCC, and in his third match he took 5 for 97 and 3 for 41 against
Victoria. The English journalist
Alan Ross
Alan John Ross (6 May 1922 – 14 February 2001) was a British poet, writer, editor and publisher.
Early years
Ross was born in Calcutta, India, son of John Brackenridge Ross, CBE, a former Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve ( Supply and T ...
thought Treanor was the best spin bowler in Australia at the time, and should have been chosen for the tour to England in 1956, but Treanor played only two matches in the 1955–56 season.
He took 28 wickets at an average of 30.25 in 1956–57, and took his best figures of 5 for 36 in the tied match against Victoria, but that was his last season of first-class cricket.
Treanor was a highly successful bowler in Sydney grade cricket. In the 1970s he coached the cricket team at the
University of Wollongong.
Personal life
In the
Second World War Treanor served as a
sapper with 2/4 Field Company. He married Norma Durrington in
Lismore, New South Wales, in June 1947.
See also
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List of New South Wales representative cricketers
References
External links
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1922 births
1993 deaths
Australian cricketers
New South Wales cricketers
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian Army soldiers
Cricketers from Sydney
Military personnel from New South Wales