Wallis Mathias
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Born | British India | 4 February 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 July 1994 Karachi, Pakistan | (aged 59)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 23) | 7 November 1955 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 August 1962 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2016 |
Wallis Mathias (4 February 1935 – 1 September 1994) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan.[1] He belonged to Karachi's Goan community.[2][3]
The son of a porter at the
He was also a gifted slip fielder with exceptional reflexes, whose "great skill was to make hard chances look simple".
He was a prolific run scorer in Pakistani domestic cricket. After he returned from the tour of England in 1962, in the next four years he made 1357 runs in 13 matches at an average of 113.08,
Mathias died of a
Education
He was educated at the St. Patrick's High School, Karachi.[11]
References
- ^ Wisden. Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 132nd edition (1995 ed.). London: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1388.
- ^ "Pakistan's Goa Connections". Times of India. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-84983-248-9.
- ^ Omar Noman, Pride and Passion: An Exhilarating Half Century of Cricket in Pakistan, OUP, Karachi, 1998, p. 94.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ Wisden 1995, p. 1388.
- ^ Quoted in Omar Noman, Pride and Passion, p. 95.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "Non-Muslims to play international cricket for Pakistan | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Notable Alumni – St. Patrick's High School". Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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