Colin Alexander (cricketer)

William Colin Alexander (14 September 1907 – 8 February 1993) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1925 to 1929.

Colin Alexander

Personal information
Full name	William Colin Alexander
Born	14 September 1907 Gawler, South Australia
Died	8 February 1993 (aged 85) Melbourne, Victoria
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1925/26–1928/29	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 26 Runs scored 1,414 Batting average 34.48 100s/50s 3/9 Top score 133 Balls bowled 176 Wickets 3 Bowling average 40.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/10 Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 2 May 2015

A middle-order batsman, Alexander made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1925-26 season a few weeks after turning 18. In his second match, against the touring New Zealanders, he scored 130 and 34 not out.[1] In his next match, which was his first in the Sheffield Shield, he scored 133 against Victoria.[2] In the 1926-27 season he scored 55 and 104 against New South Wales, and he was selected to play for The Rest against Australia at the end of the season.

He scored 328 runs at an average of 32.80 in 1927-28, and was selected in a 13-man squad to tour New Zealand at the end of the season. He played in four of the six first-class matches on the tour, including one of the two against New Zealand, but apart from an innings of 95 against Auckland he was unsuccessful. After a few matches in 1928-29 he played no more first-class cricket. He was only 21 when he played his last match.

References

1. "South Australia v New Zealanders 1925-26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. "Victoria v South Australia 1925-26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

• Colin Alexander at ESPNcricinfo