John Conway (cricketer)
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John Conway was an Australian professional cricketer
and team manager who played first-class cricket
from 1861–62 to 1879–80.
A right-handed batsman (RHB) and a right-arm fast roundarm bowler (RF), Conway was mainly associated with Victoria and made 10 known appearances in first-class matches. He also played for Otago in New Zealand.
Conway was better known as a team manager and he organised the successful inaugural Australian tour of England in 1878.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and team manager who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
from 1861–62 to 1879–80.
A right-handed batsman (RHB) and a right-arm fast roundarm bowler (RF), Conway was mainly associated with Victoria and made 10 known appearances in first-class matches. He also played for Otago in New Zealand.
Conway was better known as a team manager and he organised the successful inaugural Australian tour of England in 1878.
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Further reading
- Arthur HaygarthArthur HaygarthArthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72