Sydney Thomas Callaway (6 February 1868 – 25 November 1923) was an Australian

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who played in three

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, all of them against

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in Australia in the 1890s. He was born at

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in 1868. In 1891/92 he played in

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and

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, and in 1894/95 he played in Adelaide where he took 5/37 in the first innings. In the Sydney Test, he was the second victim in a

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by Johnny Briggs. He played in 62 first-class matches, taking 320 wickets at an average of just over 17 runs per wicket. After he moved to

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to play for

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he also played several matches for

, including two against Australia, in the era before New Zealand played Test cricket. In the 1903–04 season in New Zealand he took 54 first-class wickets in five matches at an average of 8.77, with a best analysis of 8 for 33 and 7 for 27, bowling unchanged throughout, in the match against

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, as well as 5 for 94 and 6 for 4 against

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, when Wellington were dismissed for 22 in the second innings. At the time of his death, which came in

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after a long illness, he was employed as a clerk for the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company. He left a widow, Mary, and a son.

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