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Australian cricketer

Barney O'Shaughnessy
Personal information
Born(1912-02-28)28 February 1912
Wiluna, Western Australia
Died27 May 2007(2007-05-27) (aged 95)
Nedlands, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932/33Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 1
Bowling average 81.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 December 2012

Barney O'Shaughnessy (28 February 1912 – 27 May 2007) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia. Born in the isolated Mid-West town of Wiluna, Western Australia, where his family managed a hotel, O'Shaughnessy was sent to Perth for schooling, attending Christian Brothers' College as a boarder. Playing as a fast bowler and attacking batsman, he played cricket for the school in the Darlot Cup, and also captained the school's football team in 1931, his final year at the school. In one match, against Scotch College in November 1931, O'Shaughnessy scored a century, 100 runs exactly, from 65 minutes of batting, including seven sixes and nine fours.

O'Shaughnessy's single match for Western Australia was against the Marylebone Cricket Club on their 1932–33 tour of Australia. In the match, held at the WACA Ground in late October 1932, he opened Western Australia's bowling alongside Ron Halcombe in both innings, taking 0/50 in the first and 1/31 in the second innings. His only wicket was that of Leslie Ames, who he bowled for 19 runs. He batted at number ten in Western Australia's only innings, and scored a duck. O'Shaughnessy returned to Wiluna in 1933 to take over the Club Hotel, which his family had previously run. During the Second World War, O'Shaughnessy enlisted in the Australian Army, along with several other sportsmen from Western Australia. He served as a private in the 2/1 Guard Regiment, and was discharged in November 1944. O'Shaughnessy eventually retired to Perth, dying in Nedlands in May 2007, at the age of 95.

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References

  1. "AMONG THE COLLEGES: C.B.C.'S LOSSES" – The Daily News. Published 1 June 1932.
  2. "AMONG THE COLLEGES: Darlot Cup Contest" – The Daily News. Published 25 November 1931.
  3. First-Class Matches played by Barney O'Shaughnessy (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ^ Barney O'Shaughnessy – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1932/33 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. "Three Hundred Cricketers Will Take Charge of Wickets on Sunday" – The Daily News. Published 26 October 1933.
  7. "Fast Bowlers Open Sportsmen's Attack" – The Daily News. Published 3 July 1940.
  8. O'SHAUGHNESSY, BARNEY – WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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