Heinrich Christian Schrader (5 December 1893 – 10 June 1980) was an Australian sportsman who played

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in the

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(VFL) with

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Career

Xavier College Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Classes started in 1878. The ...

recruit, Schrader appeared in 13 games and kicked four goals for University in the

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but failed to play in a winning side all year. Much later, in 1930, Schrader made his first-class cricket debut when he was picked as a right-arm medium pace bowler to take on Tasmania at the

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. He took three wickets in the match and made 42 with the bat, despite coming in at number 11. His second and only other first-class match came a year later against both the same opponents and on the same ground. Schrader took two wickets, including that of fellow dual VFL and cricket representative Laurie Nash. He played for Prahran Cricket Club, and was made life member in 1938.

Family

He was a son of musician Hermann T. Schrader, and served overseas during World War I as an Infantry Captain in the 1st AIF; briefly as Major. He married Violette Beatrice Kerr c. 1920.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrader, Heinrich 1893 births 1980 deaths People from Prahran, Victoria University Football Club players Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers People educated at Xavier College Cricketers from Melbourne Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian people of German descent Australian military personnel of World War I Military personnel from Melbourne

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