Full Name

Tom Bokenham Reddick

Born

February 17, 1912, Shanghai, China

Died

June 01, 1982, Newlands, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, (aged 70y 104d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Other

Coach

Tom Reddick had a varied and unusual career as player and coach, spread over half a century. After showing unusual promise as an allrounder while on the staff of G. A. Faulkner's cricket school in London, he appeared twice for Middlesex in 1931, while still in his teens; but although his Championship appearances extended over nearly two decades he had only two full seasons of county cricket. Both were for Nottinghamshire, whom he joined in 1946 as player-coach after was service with the RAF. One of the mainstays of a weak side he scored more runs (994) in 1946 than anyone except Keeton and Harris, playing one specially good fighting innings of 131 against Lancashire. In the following year he made 1,206 runs: captaining the side for the first time, against Kent, he scored 139, sharing in a fifth-wicket partnership of 244 with Winrow. After that he spent almost all his cricketing life in South Africa, appearing for Western Province in the Currie Cup and making a great reputation in the coaching field. After returning to England for two summers as chief coach to Lancashire, he settled permanently in the Cape, where his flair as a teacher of the game unearthed and developed the talents of countless young players who later made their mark, Basil D'Oliveria among them. A main reason for Reddick not having played more first-class cricket in England was his engagement by Sir Julien Cahn, for whom he played from 1930 to 1939, scoring over 1,500 runs in three successive seasons in a competitive environment. A man of charm, modesty and wit, Reddick for many years wrote a weekly column for the Cape Times. In 1979 he had published an autobiography, Never Cross a Bat.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Tom Reddick Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100sCtSt
FC629911268813930.542150

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC6246861/478.0000

Debut/Last Matches of Tom Reddick

FC Matches

Span
1931 - 1950/51