Andy Ducat
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| Full name | Andrew Ducat | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Brixton, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 July 1942 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | St John's Wood, London, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward, right half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903–1905 | Southend United | ||
| 1905–1912 | Woolwich Arsenal | 175 | (19) |
| 1912–1921 | Aston Villa | 74 | (4) |
| 1921–1924 | Fulham | 64 | (0) |
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| 1910–1920 | England | 6 | (1) |
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| 1924–1926 | Fulham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Ducat (16 February 1886 – 23 July 1942) was an England and Surrey cricketer and an England footballer, being one of an elite group to have represented their country in both sports.
Ducat was born in Brixton, London, but grew up in Southend.
He joined the ground staff at the Oval in 1906, and soon became a regular member of the county team, playing alongside Tom Hayward, Jack Hobbs and Ernest Hayes. Standing 5'10" high, he was a powerful, forcing batsman, and made 52 centuries for Surrey, including 306 not out against Oxford University in 1919. He was also one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1920. He missed many matches due to injury: a broken leg in 1912 almost ended his career, and he missed the 1924 season after breaking his arm in the nets. In 1928, he made 994 runs in less than six weeks, including centuries four successive matches.
He played in only one Test, the 3rd Test against Australia at Headingley in 1921 when he was unlucky to only make 3 and 2.
In another significant "first", he was doubly out in the first innings: his bat disintegrating playing a ball bowled by Ted McDonald; the ball looped to slip where it was caught, and a bail was dislodged by a flying splinter (he was given out caught rather than hit wicket).
Ducat also had a successful football career. He started out playing for non-league Southend United before joining First Division Woolwich Arsenal in 1905.
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