Barney O'Shaughnessy

Barney O'Shaughnessy (28 February 1912 – 27 May 2007) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia. Born in the isolated Mid-West town of Wiluna, Western Australia, where his family managed a hotel, O'Shaughnessy was sent to Perth for schooling, attending Christian Brothers' College as a boarder. Playing as a fast bowler and attacking batsman, he played cricket for the school in the Darlot Cup, and also captained the school's football team in 1931, his final year at the school.[1] In one match, against Scotch College in November 1931, O'Shaughnessy scored a century, 100 runs exactly, from 65 minutes of batting, including seven sixes and nine fours.[2]

Barney O'Shaughnessy

Personal information
Full name	Barney O'Shaughnessy
Born	28 February 1912 Wiluna, Western Australia
Died	27 May 2007 (aged 95) Nedlands, Western Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932	Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition F/C Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 0 Balls bowled 144 Wickets 1 Bowling average 81.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/31 Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: CricketArchive, 2 December 2012

O'Shaughnessy's single match for Western Australia was against the Marylebone Cricket Club on their 1932–33 tour of Australia.[3] In the match, held at the WACA Ground in late October 1932, he opened Western Australia's bowling alongside Ron Halcombe in both innings, taking 0/50 in the first and 1/31 in the second innings. His only wicket was that of Leslie Ames, who he bowled for 19 runs.[4] He batted at number ten in Western Australia's only innings, and scored a duck.[5] O'Shaughnessy returned to Wiluna in 1933 to take over the Club Hotel, which his family had previously run.[6] During the Second World War, O'Shaughnessy enlisted in the Australian Army, along with several other sportsmen from Western Australia.[7] He served as a private in the 2/1 Guard Regiment, and was discharged in November 1944.[8] O'Shaughnessy eventually retired to Perth, dying in Nedlands in May 2007, at the age of 95.[4]

See also

• List of Western Australia first-class cricketers

References

1. "AMONG THE COLLEGES: C.B.C.'S LOSSES" – The Daily News. Published 1 June 1932.
2. "AMONG THE COLLEGES: Darlot Cup Contest" – The Daily News. Published 25 November 1931.
3. First-Class Matches played by Barney O'Shaughnessy (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
4. Barney O'Shaughnessy – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
5. Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1932/33 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
6. "Three Hundred Cricketers Will Take Charge of Wickets on Sunday" – The Daily News. Published 26 October 1933.
7. "Fast Bowlers Open Sportsmen's Attack" – The Daily News. Published 3 July 1940.
8. O'SHAUGHNESSY, BARNEY – WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 2 December 2012.