Full name Thomas Welbourn Wall
Born May 13, 1904, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia
Died March 26, 1981, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 76 years 317 days)
Major teams Australia, South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Relation Grandson - BA Swain
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
18 | 24 | 5 | 121 | 20 | 6.36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
First-class | 108 | 135 | 33 | 1071 | 53* | 10.50 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
18 | 33 | 4812 | 2010 | 56 | 5/14 | 8/189 | 35.89 | 2.50 | 85.9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
First-class | 108 | 21604 | 9877 | 330 | 10/36 | 29.93 | 2.74 | 65.4 | 10 | 2 |
Test debut | Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 8-16, 1929 scorecard |
Last Test | England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 20-24, 1934 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1924/25 - 1935/36 |
One of only three bowlers to take all ten wickets in a Sheffield Shield innings, Thomas Wellbourne Wall - known universally as 'Tim' - was for a time Australia's best fast bowler. The search for a successor to Jack Gregory, who broke down in the first Test of the 1928-29 series, seemed to have been successful when the 24-year-old schoolteacher was called up for the final Test and, in 75 overs in the match, took eight wickets for 189 (Hammond in both innings) in a long-awaited victory for a rebuilding Australian side.