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Mark Lindsay Clews (born 13 January 1952) is a former Australian sportsman of the 1970s who represented New South Wales in cricket and the Australian Capital Territory in rugby union. ==Early career== Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Clews moved to Canberra with his family and gained a reputation as a promising young cricketer with the City club in the ACT Cricket Association competition.〔Thomson, G. "Former club champion yet to win a match this season", ''The Canberra Times'', 28 December 1981, p. 17.〕 Clews all-round ability as a batsman and fast bowler led to his selection in the Australian Capital Territory Under-19s in the 1969/70 Australian Under-19s Championships, where he impressed, taking 8/41 in one match.〔Thomson, G. "Greenidge still upset at thoughtless dumping of old Windies players", ''The Canberra Times'', 6 January 1993, p. 35.〕 Clews graduated to the ACT senior team and enjoyed an excellent 1971/72 season in the ACT competition, topping the first-grade bowling averages with 51 wickets at 8.41 runs, while also scoring 173 for the ACT against Illawarra.〔 As a result, Clews was chosen to represent a combined Southern New South Wales side against the visiting World XI side, opening the bowling and taking 1/44 off six overs before top scoring for Southern New South Wales with 46.〔"Southern New South Wales v World XI" 1971/71, ''Cricket Archive'', http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/139/139460.html, Accessed 26 September 2013.〕 While Clews's innings was lauded by the press, ''The Canberra Times'' journalist could only commiserate with Clews's bad luck at bowling to World XI batsman Graeme Pollock in full flight.〔"Batted Competently", ''The Canberra Times'', 20 January 1972, p. 30.〕 Encouraged by his good form and sensing a chance to play first-class cricket, Clews moved to Sydney for the 1972/73 season to play for Northern Districts in the Sydney Grade Competition,〔Casey, B. "Test form is best form", ''The Canberra Times'', 7 February 1989, p. 17.〕 commuting to Sydney each weekend while continuing to live in Canberra where he studied Business Administration.〔"Clews to try for Sydney team, ''The Canberra Times'', 29 August 1972, p. 20.〕 Clews's good form led him to be named in the New South Wales training squad for the 1973/74 season but New South Wales's playing depth meant that Clews remained in the Sydney grade competition.〔"Clews in State Squad", ''The Canberra Times'', 13 July 1973, p. 16.〕 While Clews commuted to Sydney in the summers, he remained in Canberra during the winters playing rugby union for Canberra Royals in the ACTRU Premier Division and made his representative debut for the ACTRU against Australian Services on 21 July 1974.〔Foster, M. "Surprises, new faces in ACTRU team", ''The Canberra Times'', 10 July 1974, p. 1 (Sport).〕 Clews impressed enough to be named in the ACTRU squad to tour Tonga, and was called "large, strong and fast ... and hard to stop."〔Foster, M. "Squad named for ACTRU games in Tonga", ''The Canberra Times'', 24 July 1974, p. 1 S.〕 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「Mark Clews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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