Timothy Joseph Zoehrer (born 25 September 1961) is a former Australian

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player. He played as a

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and is of Austrian descent. He began his career in the 1980–81 season with

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in the

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as an understudy to

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. After Marsh's retirement he became the number one state keeper and eventually the

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keeper. He played ten

matches between 1986 and 1987 when Australia were far from the top team in the world, touring

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and

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. He also played 22

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s. Zoehrer claims he was replaced as first-choice keeper after a

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with Australian coach and newly appointed selector, Bob Simpson. He was replaced firstly by

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and then

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. Zoehrer did, though, tour England twice, in 1989 and 1993, as Healy's deputy. Zoehrer was selected as a reserve for the

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. He played his final One Day International in 1994, at

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, seven years after his previous appearance again as a replacement for a rested Healy. Zoehrer was a successful and popular keeper for Western Australia with a state record of 360 dismissals and also took 38 first-class wickets with his

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bowling. In both of his tours of England he topped the first class bowling averages for the Australians on tour, taking 1 wicket for 9 runs in 1989 and 12 wickets at an average of 20.8 in 1993. However he never bowled at Test or One Day International level. He was controversially replaced by former NSW's

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at the beginning of the 1994–95 season and never played first class or list-A cricket again. Zoehrer later played and coached cricket in the

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and wrote an autobiography, ''"The Gloves Are Off".'' Zoehrer played professional Australian rules football with

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(WAFL) club

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in 1982.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoehrer, Tim 1961 births Living people Western Australia cricketers People educated at Trinity College, Perth Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers East Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Australian cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia Scarborough Festival President's XI cricketers Australian people of Austrian descent Wicket-keepers