Roy Baldwin Minnett (13 June 1886 – 21 October 1955) was an Australian

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er who played in nine

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from December 1911 to August 1912. He became a medical practitioner.

Life and career

Minnett was born in

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and attended

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."A Chat about Mr. R. B. Minnett", ''Cricket'', 30 March 1912, pp. 37–38. He first played

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for

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while he was studying medicine at

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.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 366–67. A brilliant, sometimes impetuous batsman, fast-medium bowler and excellent fieldsman, he scored 151 in 150 minutes against

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in January 1911. A year later he scored 216

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in 197 minutes against

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at the

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, adding 169 for the tenth wicket in 83 minutes with

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. On his Test debut a few weeks earlier, also at the SCG, he had scored 90 in 111 minutes, adding 109 for the sixth wicket with

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. He top-scored in the first innings of both the Fourth and Fifth Tests of the series, with 56 and 61 respectively. Minnett toured England with the Australian team in 1912, but the damp conditions did not suit his play. He played in four of the six Tests, his best contribution being 4 for 34 in England's first innings at

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. It was his last Test match. He played a few more matches for New South Wales after the tour. In his last match, against Victoria at the

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in December 1914, he opened the bowling and took 8 for 50 off 24.2 overs, bowling unchanged through the innings. In January 1914 he toured

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with a New South Wales team led by the Rev. E. F. Waddy, finishing at the top of the team's batting averages. After 1914 the demands of his medical practice curtailed Minnett's cricket career. His older brothers,

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and Rupert, also played cricket for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minnett, Roy 1886 births 1955 deaths Australia Test cricketers New South Wales cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Sydney People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School Sydney Medical School alumni 20th-century Australian medical doctors 20th-century Australian sportsmen

Life and career

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