Charles Eady

Charles Eady

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	Australian
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	43
Runs scored	20	1490
Batting average	6.66	22.92
100s/50s	0/0	3/6
Top score	10*	116
Balls bowled	223	6562
Wickets	7	136
Bowling average	16.00	23.13
5 wickets in innings	0	12
10 wickets in match	0	5
Best bowling	3/30	8/34
Catches/stumpings	2/-	45/-
Source: Cricinfo,

Charles John Eady (born 29 October 1870 in Hobart, died 20 December 1945, in Hobart) was a cricketer who played for Tasmanian clubs and representative sides in the era before Tasmania was accepted into the Sheffield Shield and other competitions.^[1] He also played in Test cricket twice for Australia.

A big man, standing six feet three inches or 1.90 metres tall, Eady was an all-rounder: a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He made 116 and 112 not out for Tasmania against Victoria in 1895 and was picked for the tour to England in 1896. But he failed to do himself justice, scoring just 12 runs in the Lord's Test match, though he picked up four fairly cheap wickets. He made one more Test appearance in 1901-2, again with little success.

Eady's chief claim to being remembered is a remarkable innings played in a club match between Break o' Day and Wellington in 1902, when he scored 566 not out from a total of 908.^[2] This is still the second highest score in any form of cricket, following A. E. J. Collins' 628 not out in a house match at Clifton College. He also took all 10 wickets for 42 runs in an innings for South Hobart versus East Hobart in 1906.

Eady later served as president of the Australia Board of Control, later Cricket Australia and was also a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Charlie Eady". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/209/209.html. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
2. ^ "Obituary". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1946 ed.). Wisden. p. 439. 
3. ^ "Mr C. J. Eady, Politician and Sportsman, Dies at 75". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia): p. 4. 21 December 1945. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26154409. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 

External links

• Article on Eady's 566

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Name	Eady, Charles
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Date of birth	1870
Place of birth
Date of death	1945
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