Billy Murdoch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
About Billy Murdoch
- William Lloyd "Billy" Murdoch (18 October 1854 – 18 February 1911) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890.
- This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave rise to The Ashes.
- In 2019 Murdoch was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.Although Victorian-born, Murdoch was raised in Sydney, and played his Australian domestic cricket for New South Wales, making his first-class debut in 1875.
- His Test debut came in 1877, in what was retrospectively classed as the second Test match to be played.
- Murdoch began his career as a wicket-keeper, but at Test level kept wicket only once, with Jack Blackham being preferred.
- As a batsman, Murdoch scored both the first double century in Test cricket (211 against England in 1884) and the first triple century in Australian domestic cricket (321 against Victoria in 1882).
- In later years, he settled in England, playing county cricket for Sussex (1893 to 1899, as captain) and London County (1900 to 1904).
- In 1892, he toured South Africa with England and played in one Test match, making him one of the few cricketers to represent more than one international team.
- Murdoch's final first-class match came at the age of 49, in August 1904.
- He died in Melbourne in 1911, aged only 56.
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