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Thomas Richard Southall (born 1877 or 1878, Wollaston, Worcestershire, England, died 28 April 1949, Wellington, New Zealand) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1913 to 1915. ==Early career== The youngest of seven children in Wollaston, Tom Southall became a merchant marine officer and went to New Zealand in 1898.〔Linda Moffatt, "Skidmore Colliers and Innkeepers of Amblecote, and Potmakers of Stourbridge", 2013, p. 13.〕 He moved from Christchurch to New Plymouth early in 1908 to work for the Roads and Bridges Department.〔''Taranaki Herald'', 30 January 1908, p. 5.〕 In September 1908 Southall was appointed inaugural captain of the United Service club in the North Taranaki Cricket Association.〔''Taranaki Herald'', 5 September 1908, p. 5.〕 In the 1908-09 season of Saturday afternoon cricket he took 123 wickets for 467 runs, at an average of 3.79.〔''Taranaki Daily News'', 11 March 1909, p. 4.〕 A tall left-arm spinner "with a peculiar twist in his delivery",〔''Evening Post'', 16 November 1912, p. 14.〕 Southall usually opened the bowling. In his first match representing his region, for North Taranaki against Manawatu in 1909-10, he took 6 for 46 and 5 for 20 in North Taranaki's victory.〔''Taranaki Daily News'', 30 December 1909, p. 4.〕〔''Taranaki Herald'', 30 December 1909, p. 7.〕 Later that season, in a two-day match between a Taranaki 15 and the touring Australians, Southall, bowling unchanged throughout, took 6 for 78 and 5 for 49, bowling nine of his 11 victims, including several Test players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Taranaki v Australians 1909-10 )〕 Chasing 156 for victory, the Australians were 138 for eight, with "Southall sending down deadly deceptive breaks like a book", when the Australian batsmen appealed against the light and play was called off.〔''Taranaki Daily News'', 24 March 1910, p. 8.〕 In 1909 government retrenchments forced him out of the civil service and he began work as a sharebroker in New Plymouth. The business was not successful, and he faced bankruptcy proceedings in December 1910 and January 1911 with debts of around £500.〔''Taranaki Daily News'', 7 December 1910, p. 7; 19 January 1911, p. 8.〕 He moved to Wellington in 1912, working in newspaper marketing. He was immediately successful for the Wellington North club, who won the championship in 1912-13, when Southall set a Wellington Cricket Association record by taking 69 wickets, at an average of 10.40.〔''Auckland Star'', 23 April 1913, p. 3.〕 He took five wickets for Wellington against the visiting South Melbourne in December 1912. Harry Trott, the South Melbourne captain, noting that there had been some questioning of the fairness of Southall's bowling action, wrote: "He certainly pushes the ball as it leaves his hand, but it is not a throw, and, in my opinion, perfectly fair."〔Harry Trott, "Bowlers of New Zealand", ''Dominion'', 8 February 1913, p. 6.〕 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「Tom Southall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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