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Place of Birth: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
About Herbie Collins
- 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. His Test career finished in disappointment and in a cloud of suspicion when Australia lost the Fifth Test and the Ashes against England in 1926.
- While some former players and cricket administrators suspected a case of match fixing, no material evidence supporting this has emerged.
- After his retirement from cricket, Collins used his gambling knowledge to start a career in horse racing, working as a bookmaker and commission agent.
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