Anthony Douglas Jose (17 February 1929 – 3 February 1972), known as Tony Jose, was an Australian

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er who played

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for

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and

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between 1948 and 1953.Page, p. 22. The second son of

Gilbert Jose Gilbert Edgar Jose (1 November 1898 – 27 March 1942) was an Australian surgeon and first-class cricketer who played for South Australia. He died whilst a prisoner of war in Changi Prison during World War II. Early life Jose was born in Taiz ...

, who also played

for South Australia,Bonnell & Sproul, p. 135. and Hazel (nee Brook), who died in 1930, Jose was born in

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and attended Adelaide's St Peter's College, where he was dux in 1945 and captain in 1946."State Cricketer Rhodes Scholar", ''News'' (Adelaide), 3 December 1948, p. 1. Accepted into the

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in 1946 to study Medicine, Jose was awarded a

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in 1948, heading to

, where he gained a doctorate.

Sporting career

Jose excelled in a range of sports from an early age, holding the state junior record for

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and

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, representing the South Australian junior team in

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and was a leading junior hurdler. He made his senior district cricket debut for

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in November 1947 and his debut for South Australia came two months later, aged 18, on 9 January 1948 against

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at the

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, opening the bowling and taking 2/76 and 2/33, including the wickets of

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players

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and Sid Barnes. Jose was praised for his debut performance, with onlookers noting that he gave "the ball a disconcertedly late swing" and the Sydney ''

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'' thought him to be a Test possibility. However, Jose only played twice more for South Australia before moving to England to study at Oxford. While there, Jose played for the university, being awarded

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in 1950 and 1951. as well as occasionally for Kent in 1951 and 1952Tony Jose
CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-23. and Free Foresters in 1953. Jose worked as a cardiologist in Sydney and Los Angeles, where he committed suicide in 1972, aged 42.Bonnell & Sproul, p. 136.

Family

In addition to his father, Jose's grandfather

George Jose George Herbert Jose (15 December 1868 – 26 November 1956) was a canon of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, Australia, archdeacon of Mount Gambier and Dean of Adelaide. Born at Bristol, UK, Jose was educated at Clifton College,"Clifton College ...

was Dean of Adelaide, his uncle Sir

Ivan Bede Jose Sir Ivan Bede Jose (13 February 1893 in Ningbo, China – 23 November 1969 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) was a Chinese-born Australian surgeon, president of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1955–1957 and chairman of t ...

was awarded the

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during

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while another uncle, Wilfred Jose, was killed in the war.

References

Sources

* Bonnell, M & Sproul, A. (2022) ''Black Swan Summer: The Improbable Story of Western Australia's first Sheffield Shield'', Pitch Publishing: Chichester. . * Page, R. (1984) ''South Australian Cricketers 1877-1984'', Association of Cricket Statisticians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.

External links

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