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John Drennan (born 13 November 1932, West Croydon, South Australia) is a former first-class cricketer for South Australia. He toured New Zealand and South Africa with the Australian team but did not play Test cricket. ==Early career== A tall fast-medium bowler, able to swing the ball either way,〔''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 148.〕 Drennan made his first-class debut in the 1953-54 season, taking 17 wickets for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield at an average of 32.88.〔(South Australia Sheffield Shield bowling 1953-54 )〕 When the New Zealanders played a match in Adelaide at the end of the season he took 5 for 83 in the New Zealanders' first innings of 459.〔(South Australia v New Zealanders 1953-54 )〕 He took 17 wickets at 24.23 in 1954-55,〔(John Drennan bowling by season )〕 including 5 for 58 and 4 for 42 against Queensland.〔(South Australia v Queensland 1954-55 )〕 Most significantly, he took four cheap wickets, all of major batsmen, in South Australia's narrow loss to the touring MCC,〔(South Australia v MCC 1954-55 )〕 and was selected to open the bowling for an Australian XI against MCC in Melbourne a week later. He took 6 for 82 against Queensland in 1955-56〔(South Australia v Queensland 1955-56 )〕 and played in a trial match that was held to help the national selectors choose the team for the tour of England in 1956.〔''Wisden'' 1957, pp. 869-70.〕 He took four wickets in that match, and finished the season with 26 wickets at 26.96, as well as scoring 176 runs at 29.33,〔(John Drennan batting by season )〕 but the last fast-bowling place in the touring side went to Pat Crawford. In 1956-57 Drennan took 23 wickets at 27.34, including his career-best figures of 6 for 69 against Victoria.〔(Victoria v South Australia 1956-57 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Drennan (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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