Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall (13 May 1904 – 26 March 1981) was an Australian cricketer who played eighteen
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between 1929 and 1934. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against England in Melbourne.
Wall was a school teacher in Adelaide before and after his cricket career. He died in 1981 after a long battle with
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...
. Wall's 10–36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia.
It is also the only ten-wicket innings ever recorded for South Australia.
Wall's grandson
Brett Swain played 23 first-class matches for
South Australia
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from 1994 to 2001.
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1904 births
1981 deaths
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Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Neurological disease deaths in South Australia
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Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut
Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings
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