Thomas Malone (cricketer)

Thomas Joseph Malone (17 May 1876 – 5 June 1933) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1896 to 1909.

Thomas Malone

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Joseph Malone
Born	(1876-05-17)17 May 1876 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	5 June 1933(1933-06-05) (aged 57) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1895-96 to 1908-09	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 11 Runs scored 24 Batting average 2.66 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 7 Balls bowled 2080 Wickets 39 Bowling average 22.76 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 7/30 Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2017

Malone was a right-arm spin bowler, able to move the ball either way off the pitch, who often opened the bowling.[1] He bowled unchanged throughout the innings when he took his best first-class figures, 7 for 30 against Otago in 1896–97. Canterbury dismissed Otago in the first innings for 68, but Otago recovered to win by 146 runs.[2] He represented New Zealand once, in a four-day match against the touring Melbourne Cricket Club in 1905–06, a tour that, despite the strength of the Melbourne team, does not have first-class status. He took 7 for 54, New Zealand's only notable performance in match that the inclement weather helped them to draw.[3][4]

Malone worked for more than 30 years for P. & D. Duncan Ltd. engineering works in Christchurch. He died at the age of 57, leaving a widow and their three daughters and a son.[1]

References

1. "Obituary: Mr. T. J. Malone". Press. 9 June 1933. p. 18.
2. "Canterbury v Otago 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
3. "New Zealand v Melbourne Cricket Club 1905-06". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
4. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 47.

External links

• Thomas Malone at ESPNcricinfo
• Thomas Malone at CricketArchive