John Conway (cricketer)

John "Jack" Conway (3 February 1842 – 22 August 1909) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861–62 to 1879–80. He was also an accomplished Australian rules footballer who captained the Carlton Football Club between 1866 and 1871.

For other persons with this name, see John Conway.
John Conway
Conway in 1878
Personal information
Full nameJohn Conway
Born(1842-02-03)3 February 1842
Fyansford, Victoria, Australia
Died22 August 1909(1909-08-22) (aged 67)
Frankston, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 156
Batting average 11.14
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 49
Balls bowled ?
Wickets 32
Bowling average 13.25
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/42
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: CricInfo, 25 March 2019

Career

A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast round-arm bowler, Conway played for Victoria and made ten appearances in first-class matches between 1862 and 1875. He played a single match for Otago in New Zealand in 1880.[1]

Conway is best remembered for his work in organising the successful inaugural Australian tour of England in 1878. For many years, he worked as a journalist covering football, cricket, horse racing and coursing. He acted as agent for English cricket teams that visited Australia in 1876–77, 1881–82 and 1884–85.

gollark: Which I suppose can make some sense if you assume that it's "rational" in that people... like surprises, or something, but...
gollark: People *play the lottery*, too.
gollark: People somehow can't accept positive-sum games.
gollark: > A core proposition in economics is that voluntary exchanges benefit both parties. We show that people often deny the mutually beneficial nature of exchange, instead espousing the belief that one or both parties fail to benefit from the exchange. Across 4 studies (and 7 further studies in the Supplementary Materials), participants read about simple exchanges of goods and services, judging whether each party to the transaction was better off or worse off afterwards. These studies revealed that win–win denial is pervasive, with buyers consistently seen as less likely to benefit from transactions than sellers. Several potential psychological mechanisms underlying win–win denial are considered, with the most important influences being mercantilist theories of value (confusing wealth for money) and naïve realism (failing to observe that people do not arbitrarily enter exchanges). We argue that these results have widespread implications for politics and society.
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References
  1. John Conway, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2008.

Further reading
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1–11 (1744–1870), Lillywhite, 1862–72
  • John Lazenby, The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England, Bloomsbury, London, 2015
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