Full Name

Thomas Kingston Kendall

Born

August 24, 1851, Bedford, England

Died

August 17, 1924, Hobart, Tasmania, (aged 72y 359d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Thomas Kingston Kendall, died at Hobart on the 17th of August at the age of 72. He had lived in Hobart for forty-three years, being employed all that time by the Mercury Newspaper, but he was born in Bedfordshire. Tom Kendall may be described as, perhaps, the best Australian bowler who never came to England. Indeed in his young days, though his opportunities in first class company were few, he ranked as a left handed bowler, slow to medium pace, with the famous Frank Allan. From all accounts he had a wonderful command over his length and could break either way. He was regarded as one of the certainties for the trip to England in 1878 but for some reason he was dropped after the preliminary tour. Still though so little was seen of him in big matches he did enough for fame. Next to Charles Bannerman he had the biggest share in beating James Lillywhite's team at Melbourne in March 1877--the first victory gained by Australia over an England side on level terms. In that match Kendall took eight wickets for 109 runs and in the return--won by the Englishmen--six for 106. Writing home to the Sportsman at that time James Southerton said how greatly Australian cricket had improved since his visit with W. G. Grace's team three years before and expressed a positive opinion that if Kendall were in England no representative side would be complete without him. Such praise from such an expert should have prepared us for the class of bowling we were to see in 1878. Kendall was past his best when Ivo Bligh's team toured Australia in 1882-83 but, as one reads in the first Badminton Book, he greatly impressed A. G. Steel. Two incidents in Kendall's career deserve record in Wisden. Playing at Melbourne for Fifteen of Victoria in 1874 he got W. G. Grace caught off his bowling for eight and in March 1892, when Lord Sheffield's team visited Hobart, he bowled the great man for 27.--S. H. P.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Tom Kendall Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests2413917*13.0000020
FC81541414312.8100-60

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests24563215147/558/10915.351.5240.2110
FC8-2129666407/24-16.651.8753.2-30
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Debut/Last Matches of Tom Kendall

Recent Matches of Tom Kendall

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Tasmania vs Canterbury0 & 63/52 & 5/6122-Feb-1884ChristchurchFC
Tasmania vs Otago12 & 222/67 & 2/1015-Feb-1884DunedinFC
Tasmania vs Canterbury2* & 113/73 & 2/4607-Feb-1884ChristchurchFC
Tasmania vs Otago1* & 07/24 & 1/702-Feb-1884DunedinFC
Australia vs England7 & 124/82 & 2/2431-Mar-1877MelbourneTest # 2