Edward Clive Stewart White (17 April 1913 – 10 October 1999) was an Australian cricketer who played for

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and toured England with the

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team in 1938 without playing a

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. Born and raised in Sydney, Ted White played

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with the North Sydney club and scored 52 on his first-class debut against

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in 1934–35. White bowled with a fluent, upright action that maximised his height and he relied on accuracy and changes of pace rather than movement to secure wickets. Against

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in 1935–36, he captured 8/31 on a receptive pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which included a spell of four wickets for no runs. The next season, he hit his only first-class century, batting at number ten.''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 2000 edition: Obituaries in 1999.
Retrieved 8 February 2008. Chosen to tour England in 1938 with the Australian team led by Don Bradman, he was not suited to the batting-friendly pitches that resulted from a summer of dry weather and he claimed only 30 wickets (at 23.60

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). His performances were hampered by chronic back problems, which forced his retirement during the 1938–39 Australian season. White's father

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(1879–1962) played four matches for New South Wales, including one as captain, between 1905–06 and 1908–09; the Whites were the first father-son combination to each score a first-class century for the state. Ted White worked in the family's sharebroking business before enlisting in the Australian army during

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. He served in the

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and

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, rising from the rank of private to major by the war's end. After the war, he played suburban cricket for two decades, capturing 823 wickets for the I Zingari team.Cashman, Richard et al. eds. (1996). ''The Oxford Campanion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford University Press. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Ted 1913 births 1999 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers D. G. Bradman's XI cricketers Cricketers from Sydney