Ossie Cleal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Osmond Charles Cleal | ||
Date of birth | 13 December 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Date of death | 8 February 1977 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Auckland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Metro College | |||
International career | |||
1936–1947 |
New Zealand | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940–41 to 1951–52 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 4 November 2014 |
Osmond Charles Cleal (13 December 1916 – 8 February 1977) was an
from 1940 to 1952.Football career
Cleal made three appearances in official football internationals for the New Zealand, the first a 0–10 loss to
War interrupted his playing career. New Zealand competed in no further official matches until
Cricket career
Cleal made his
After a few lean seasons he returned to form in 1949–50 when in four matches he made 344 runs at 43.00,[5] including 45 and 45 (top score in each innings) for Auckland against the Australians.[6] It was also his most successful season with his medium-pace: he took eight wickets at 20.87.[7]
Cleal captained Auckland in 1950–51 and 1951–52. He was selected to play in the First Test against England in 1950–51 but had to withdraw from the team and was replaced by Tony MacGibbon.[8] He retired after the 1951–52 season.
Personal life
Cleal served overseas in
References
- ^ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ a b "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "New Zealand International Matches 1904–2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ Ossie Cleal batting by season
- ^ Auckland v Australians 1949–50
- ^ Ossie Cleal bowling by season
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 208.
- ^ "Osmond Charles Cleal". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Marriages". New Zealand Herald: 1. 27 March 1943.