Herbie Collins
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| Full name | Herbert Leslie Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 January 1888 Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia |
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| Died | 28 May 1959 (aged 71) Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 106) | 17 December 1920 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 August 1926 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1909/10–1925/26 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 1 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herbert (Herbie) Leslie Collins (21 January 1888 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales – 28 May 1959 in Little Bay, Sydney) was an Australian cricketer who played 19 Tests between 1921 and 1926. An all-rounder, he captained the Australian team in eleven Tests, winning five, losing two with another four finishing in draws. In a Test career delayed by First World War he scored 1,352 runs at an average of 45.06, including four centuries. Collins was also a successful rugby league footballer, winning the 1911 NSWRFL season's grand final with the Eastern Suburbs club and also representing Queensland.
Collins was a keen gambler, a pastime that became habitual during his time as a soldier in the Great War. After the war, he played with the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team (AIF XI) that toured England, South Africa and Australia and was later appointed captain of the team. He was not a stylish or forceful batsman, preferring to rely on nudges and deflections to score runs. His slow left arm off-spin, bowled from a two step run up, was seldom seen after the AIF XI tour. On return to Australia, he made his Test début against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) scoring 104 in the second innings; the fifth Australian to score a century on Test début. He was appointed captain of the Australian team in 1921 in South Africa, when the previous captain, Warwick Armstrong, fell ill.
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