Tommy Garnett
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| Full name | Thomas Ronald Garnett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1915 Marple, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 2006 (aged 91) Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||
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| 1935–1939 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Ronald Garnett OAM (1 January 1915 – 22 September 2006) was an English and Australian headmaster, horticulturist, ornithologist and author. Before the Second World War, he played first-class cricket for Somerset.[1]
Early years
Garnett was born at
Cricket career
As a cricketer, Garnett was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He did not play first-class cricket for
Australia
In 1961, at the age of 46, Garnett was appointed Headmaster of
Garnett was a keen amateur ornithologist and joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1964. In 1974, upon his retirement from Geelong Grammar, he became secretary of the RAOU and served in that position until 1980. As secretary he bore the brunt of the administrative load of a body undergoing major change as it evolved from what had become largely a birdwatching club into a scientific conservation organisation undertaking ventures such as the Atlas of Australian Birds project.[4]
From 1980 Garnett devoted himself to developing the Garden of St Erth at
Publications
Compilations of articles authored by Garnett include:
- 1984 - Stumbling on Melons. A selection of articles published in 'The Age'. Lothian Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 0-85091-187-7
- 2003 - Bits and Pieces. A selection of writings published between 1980 and 1995 in The Age, Melbourne. Author: Castlemaine.
References
Notes
- ^ "Tommy Garnett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Northamptonshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 August 1939. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Scorecard: Wiltshire v Surrey Second XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 3 August 1953. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Cowling (2006).
- ^ a b Latreille, A., 'Garnett, Thomas Ronald', in R. Aitken and M. Looker (eds), Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 253.
Sources
- Cowling, Sid (2006). "Obituary: Thomas Ronald Garnett MA (Cantab), OAM. 1915–2006. Scholar, teacher, naturalist, horticulturist". Emu. 106: 341–342. S2CID 84811408.
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