Doug Ring
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| Full name | Douglas Thomas Ring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 October 1918 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Died | 23 June 2003 (aged 84) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg break and googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Specialist bowler, lower order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 181) | 6 February 1948 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 June 1953 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1938–1953 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 29 February 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douglas Thomas Ring (14 October 1918 – 23 June 2003) was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia in 13 Tests from 1948 to 1953. In 129 first-class cricket matches, he took 426 wickets bowling leg spin, and he had a top score of 145 runs, which was the only century of his career.
Ring made his Test debut against India in the 1947–48 season and was picked for Australia's tour of England in 1948, the so-called "Invincibles" side, but played in only one Test match on the tour. He had greater success against West Indies in 1951–52, and South Africa the following season and made a second less successful tour of England in 1953. Following cricket, Ring held positions in industry administration in Victoria, and became a cricket radio commentator and later host of Australia's World of Sport.
Born in Hobart, Ring moved to Victoria as a child, and attended Melbourne High School. After playing schoolboy cricket, he played the final matches of the 1935–36 season with the first grade side at Prahran. He batted right-handed and bowled right-arm leg breaks. He topped the Victorian Cricket Association's second-grade bowling averages and joined the Richmond first grade team.
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