Reggie Duff

Personal information

Full name

Reginald Alexander Duff

Born

17 August 1878
Sydney, New South Wales

Died

13 December 1911 (aged 33)
St Leonards, New South Wales

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

International information

National side

Australian

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	22	121
Runs scored	1317	6589
Batting average	35.59	35.04
100s/50s	2/6	10/33
Top score	146	271
Balls bowled	180	917
Wickets	4	14
Bowling average	21.25	34.14
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/43	2/17
Catches/stumpings	14/0	73/0

Source: Cricinfo

Reginald Alexander "Reggie" Duff (17 August 1878 in Sydney, New South Wales – 13 December 1911 in St Leonards, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.

He made his test debut against England at Melbourne in 1901-02 and scored 104 after being held back until No. 10 in the second innings due to a bad pitch. This innings is the first instance of a No. 10 scoring a hundred on debut and one of only four centuries from that low in the order by anyone. He was a specialist batsman by trade and opened in the second innings of the next Test.

Abul Hasan of Bangladesh became the second man to score a test century at debut at No. 10 in 2012.

Duff's career was plagued by alcoholism, and he lost his life at the age of 33 in 1911. His former colleagues from his home state of NSW paid for his funeral.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4985.html

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1900–01 to 1949–50)

1900–01: Hill 1901–02: Hill 1902–03: Duff 1903–04: Trumper 1904–05: Armstrong 1905–06: Mackay 1906–07: Hopkins 1907–08: Hardstaff 1908–09: Ransford 1909–10: Kortlang 1910–11: Faulkner 1911–12: Rhodes 1912–13: Trumper 1913–14: Macartney 1914–15: Ryder 1915–16: – 1916–17: – 1917–18: no games played 1918–19: Armstrong 1919–20: Park 1920–21: Hendren 1921–22: O'Keeffe 1922–23: Chapman 1923–24: Ponsford 1924–25: Sutcliffe 1925–26: Richardson 1926–27: Ponsford 1927–28: Ponsford 1928–29: Bradman 1929–30: Bradman 1930–31: Bradman 1931–32: Bradman 1932–33: Sutcliffe 1933–34: Bradman 1934–35: Fingleton 1935–36: Bradman 1936–37: Bradman 1937–38: Bradman 1938–39: Brown 1939–40: Bradman 1940–41: S. Barnes 1941–42: Raymer 1942–43: – 1943–44: – 1944–45: – 1945–46: S. Barnes 1946–47: Compton 1947–48: Bradman 1948–49: Morris

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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