Gervase Bedford Du Croz (c. 1820 – 19 February 1855) was an Australian

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

player, who played one game each for both

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

, and Victoria. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, in which he opened the batting for Tasmania. Du Croz died on 19 February 1855, in

Launceston, Tasmania Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...

aged 35.

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* 1820s births 1855 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from London English emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1820s-stub