Bert Ironmonger

Cricket information

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Left-arm medium

International information

National side

Australian

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	14	96
Runs scored	42	476
Batting average	2.62	5.95
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	12	36*
Balls bowled	4695	27431
Wickets	74	464
Bowling average	17.97	21.50
5 wickets in innings	4	36
10 wickets in match	2	11
Best bowling	7/23	8/31
Catches/stumpings	3/0	31/0

Source:

Herbert Ironmonger (7 April 1882 in Pine Mountain, Queensland – 31 May 1971 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia) was a Queensland, Victorian and Australian cricketer.

He was the youngest of ten children of a farmer. As a child, he lost the forefinger of his left hand (his bowling hand) in an industrial accident.

A grandstand at the Junction Oval in St Kilda, Melbourne bears his name.

A graph showing Ironmonger's Test career bowling statistics and how they varied over time.

He only made his first-class debut for Queensland at the age of 27, moving to Victoria in 1914, and his Test debut came at 46. He played Test cricket until the age of 50, and first-class cricket until the age of 53. He is the fourth-oldest Test debutant, and the second-oldest Test player, records which are unlikely to be broken.

Unsurprisingly because of his age, his Test career spanned only 14 matches, during which he took 74 wickets at an average of 17.97. In that time though he achieved some outstanding results.

A hat-trick against MCC in 1924–25
11 wickets for 79 runs against the West Indies in Melbourne in 1930–31
9 wickets for 89 runs against South Africa in Brisbane in 1931–32
11 wickets for 24 against South Africa in Melbourne in 1931–32
He took a total of 31 wickets in the 1931–32 South African series

External links

Player profile: Bert Ironmonger from ESPNcricinfo
Tough in life and cricket from Cricinfo
First-class matches played by Bert Ironmonger from CricketArchive
Oldest Test debutants from Cricinfo
Oldest Test players from Cricinfo

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1900–01 to 1949–50)

1900–01: Saunders/Travers 1901–02: Braund 1902–03: Saunders 1903–04: Rhodes 1904–05: Collins 1905–06: Garnsey 1906–07: Garnsey 1907–08: Crawford/Saunders 1908–09: O'Connor 1909–10: Saunders 1910–11: Whitty 1911–12: Foster 1912–13: Massie 1913–14: Kelleway 1914–15: Ironmonger 1915–16: – 1916–17: – 1917–18: – 1918–19: McDonald 1919–20: Hendry 1920–21: Mailey 1921–22: McDonald 1922–23: Mailey 1923–24: Hartkopf/Williams 1924–25: Tate 1925–26: Grimmett 1926–27: Williams 1927–28: Grimmett 1928–29: Grimmett 1929–30: Grimmett 1930–31: Grimmett 1931–32: Grimmett 1932–33: O'Reilly 1933–34: Grimmett 1934–35: Fleetwood-Smith 1935–36: Ward 1936–37: Fleetwood-Smith/Ward 1937–38: Fleetwood-Smith/O'Reilly 1938–39: Fleetwood-Smith 1939–40: Grimmett 1940–41: O'Reilly 1941–42: O'Reilly 1942–43: – 1943–44: – 1944–45: – 1945–46: Tribe 1946–47: Wright 1947–48: Mankad 1948–49: Johnson

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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Bert Ironmonger

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