Walter Giffen
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Walter Frank Giffen was an Australian cricketer
who played in 3 Tests
between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the great all-rounder George Giffen
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Giffen has been called "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" and it was alleged that he played Test cricket only because his brother refused to play unless Walter was also selected.
Giffen lost the tops of two fingers when he got his left hand trapped between a pair of cog-wheels in 1886.
Giffen worked for the South Australian Gas Company for nearly 50 years.
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played in 3 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
between 1887 and 1892. He was the brother of the great all-rounder George Giffen
George Giffen
George Giffen was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and...
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Giffen has been called "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" and it was alleged that he played Test cricket only because his brother refused to play unless Walter was also selected.
Giffen lost the tops of two fingers when he got his left hand trapped between a pair of cog-wheels in 1886.
Giffen worked for the South Australian Gas Company for nearly 50 years.