Anthony Jose
Personal information
Full name
Anthony Douglas Jose
Born(1929-02-17)17 February 1929
Adelaide, South Australia
Died3 February 1972(1972-02-03) (aged 42)
Los Angeles, California
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947/48South Australia
1951-52Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 29
Runs scored 269
Batting average 7.47
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 39
Balls bowled -
Wickets 75
Bowling average 30.57
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/45
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2023

Anthony Douglas Jose (17 February 1929 – 3 February 1972), known as Tony Jose, was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia, Kent, Oxford University and Free Foresters between 1948 and 1953.[1]

The second son of Gilbert Jose, who also played first-class cricket for South Australia,[2] and Hazel (nee Brook), who died in 1930,[3] Jose was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Adelaide's St Peter's College, where he was dux in 1945 and captain in 1946.[4]

Accepted into Adelaide University in 1946 to study Medicine, Jose was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1948,[4] heading to Oxford University, where he gained a doctorate.[5]

Sporting career

Jose excelled in a range of sports from an early age, holding the state junior record for long jump and triple jump, representing the South Australian junior team in rugby union and was a leading junior hurdler.[4]

He made his senior district cricket debut for Adelaide University Cricket Club in November 1947 and his debut for South Australia came two months later, aged 18, on 9 January 1948[2] against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground, opening the bowling and taking 2/76 and 2/33, including the wickets of Test players Arthur Morris and Sid Barnes.[6]

Jose was praised for his debut performance, with onlookers noting that he gave "the ball a disconcertedly late swing" and the Sydney Daily Telegraph thought him to be a Test possibility.[7]

However, Jose only played twice more for South Australia before moving to England to study at Oxford. While there, Jose played for the university, being awarded blues in 1950 and 1951.[5] as well as occasionally for Kent in 1951 and 1952[5][8][9] and Free Foresters in 1953.[10]

Jose worked as a cardiologist in Sydney and Los Angeles, [11] where he committed suicide in 1972, aged 42.[11]

Family

In addition to his father, Jose's grandfather George Jose was Dean of Adelaide,[2] his uncle Sir Ivan Bede Jose was awarded the Military Medal during World War I while another uncle, Wilfred Jose, was killed in the war.

References

  1. ↑ Page, p. 22.
  2. 1 2 3 Bonnell & Sproul, p. 135.
  3. ↑ "Private Casualty Advices", The Advertiser, 23 February 1943, p. 3.
  4. 1 2 3 "State Cricketer Rhodes Scholar", News (Adelaide), 3 December 1948, p. 1.
  5. 1 2 3 "Obituaries 1953". Cricinfo. Wisden Cricketers Almanack. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sheffield Shield, 1947/48 New South Wales v South Australia". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Youth copies style of ex-Test bowler", Daily Telegraph, 9 January 1948, p. 16.
  8. ↑ Tony Jose, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  9. ↑ Tony Jose CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  10. ↑ "University Match, 1953 Oxford University v Free Foresters". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. 1 2 Bonnell & Sproul, p. 136.

Sources

  • Bonnell, M & Sproul, A. (2022) Black Swan Summer: The Improbable Story of Western Australia's first Sheffield Shield, Pitch Publishing: Chichester. ISBN 9781801502054.
  • Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877-1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.

Tony Jose at ESPNcricinfo

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