Tom Warne

Tom Warne

Personal information
Full name	Tom Summerhayes Warne
Born	(1870-01-13)13 January 1870 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	7 July 1944(1944-07-07) (aged 74) Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Relations	Frank Warne (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1894–95 to 1911–12	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 46 Runs scored 2148 Batting average 31.58 100s/50s 2/16 Top score 153 Balls bowled 2870 Wickets 51 Bowling average 36.88 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/50 Catches/stumpings 31/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 12 June 2015

Tom Warne (13 January 1870 – 7 July 1944) was an Australian cricketer. He played 46 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1895 and 1912.^[1] He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1909–10 but did not play Test cricket.

Warne's top score for Victoria was 153 against Tasmania in 1911–12, in the second innings of his last first-class match, when he captained Victoria.^[2] In 1901–02 he carried his bat for 61 not out when A. C. MacLaren's XI dismissed Victoria for 129.^[3] His best bowling figures were 6 for 50 against New South Wales in 1906–07.^[4]

Warne played in the Victorian team against the touring England team on 20 December, 1907. ^[5]

Over almost 30 years he made nearly 10,000 runs for Carlton in Melbourne district cricket. In 1898–99 he became the first person in the competition to score 1000 runs in a season, with 1011 runs at an average of 126, including a top score of 402 against Richmond. He spent the rest of his life as the curator of Carlton's ground.^[6] He died at his residence at the ground. He and his wife Alice had six sons (including the cricketer Frank Warne) and six daughters.^[7]

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

• Tom Warne at ESPNcricinfo
• Tom Warne at CricketArchive