James Allen Workman (17 March 1917 – 23 December 1970) was an Australian

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who played

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for the Australian Services team from May 1945 to January 1946. After the war he married an English woman, and they lived in

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, where he coached at

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's cricket school. He died suddenly on his way home from work on 23 December 1970.H. D. Ainsworth, "Obituaries: Jim Workman", ''

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'', March 1971, p. 27.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Workman, Jim 1917 births 1970 deaths Australian cricketers Australian Services cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Australian cricket coaches Royal Australian Air Force airmen Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom