Neil Dansie
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| Full name | Hampton Neil Dansie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 July 1928 Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1967 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 19 Dec 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton Neil Dansie OAM (born 2 July 1928) is a former first-class cricketer and long-term administrator for South Australia.
Nicknamed "Nodder" due to his habit of nodding in agreement when in conversation, Dansie was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia, the grandson of Sam Dansie, a leading country cricketer who represented a Broken Hill team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club side.
Dansie moved to Adelaide with his family as a child and excelled in a wide range of sports, including cricket, Australian rules football and baseball. Dansie made his first grade cricket debut for Kensington Cricket Club aged 15, one of the youngest ever debutants in the South Australian Grade Cricket League. His football career also developed, making his senior debut for Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 1946. Dansie played 39 games for Norwood before retiring in 1949, aged just 21, in order to concentrate on his cricket.
In January 1949 Dansie was the last player to bat with Don Bradman in an official match, who played his final innings for Kensington against Port Adelaide Cricket Club at Alberton Oval. When Bradman was given out caught behind on 38, the large crowd booed the umpire and promptly adjourned to the neighbouring Alberton Hotel.
Dansie made his first-class cricket debut on 27 January 1950 on the WACA Ground against Western Australia, making 36 and 13. Dansie quickly gained a reputation as a hard-hitting batsman with a liking for the pull, sweep and cut shots and a steady off-spin and leg-spin bowler, as well as being known as one of the great characters of South Australian cricket, including gaining the title of being the world's fastest eater.
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