Mervyn Waite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mervyn Waite

Australian rules footballer and cricketer

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Kent Town, South Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1985

Profession: cricketer, Australian rules footballer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Mervyn Waite

  • Mervyn George Waite (7 January 1911 – 16 December 1985) was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1938.
  • He played as an all-rounder for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield from 1930 to 1946. Waite was also a leading Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), first at West Torrens then Glenelg, the combined Glenelg/West Adelaide World War II side, and finally with South Adelaide.
  • In total he played 142 league games, kicking 343 goals, and was the leading goalkicker at West Torrens in 1931, 1932 and 1934.He set a record for the highest score in the Adelaide cricket competition in the 1935-36 final when he made 339 in 434 minutes out of West Torrens's total of 492.

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