Anthony Douglas Jose (17 February 1929 – 3 February 1972), known as Tony Jose, was an Australian

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er who played

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for

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, and

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between 1948 and 1953.Page, p. 22. The second son of Gilbert Jose, who also played

for South Australia,Bonnell & Sproul, p. 135. and Hazel (nee Brook), who died in 1930, Jose was born in

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, and attended Adelaide's St Peter's College, where he was dux in 1945 and captain in 1946."State Cricketer Rhodes Scholar", ''News'' (Adelaide), 3 December 1948, p. 1. Accepted into the

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in 1946 to study Medicine, Jose was awarded a

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in 1948, heading to

, where he gained a doctorate.

Sporting career

Jose excelled in a range of sports from an early age, holding the state junior record for

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, representing the South Australian junior team in

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, and was a leading junior hurdler. He made his senior district cricket debut for

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in November 1947 and his debut for South Australia came two months later, aged 18, on 9 January 1948 against

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at the

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, opening the bowling and taking 2/76 and 2/33, including the wickets of

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players

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and

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. Jose was praised for his debut performance, with onlookers noting that he gave "the ball a disconcertedly late swing" and the Sydney ''

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'' thought him to be a Test possibility. 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

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in 1950 and 1951. as well as occasionally for Kent in 1951 and 1952Tony Jose
CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-23. and Free Foresters in 1953. Jose worked as a cardiologist in Sydney and Los Angeles, where he committed suicide in 1972, aged 42.Bonnell & Sproul, p. 136.

Family

In addition to his father, Jose's grandfather George Jose was

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, his uncle Sir Ivan Bede Jose was awarded the

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during

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while another uncle, Wilfred Jose, was killed in the war.

References

Sources

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

External links

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