Emerson Rodwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia
About Emerson Rodwell
- Edwin Emerson Rodwell, MM (12 April 1921 – 27 February 2011) was an Australian soldier, cricket player, umpire, commentator and administrator.
- He fought in World War II, in New Guinea, and Borneo, and was awarded the Military Medal.
- Rodwell was an opening batsman and a prolific run-scorer at club level, and represented Tasmania on 15 occasions at first-class level, captaining the side five times between 1950–51 and 1955–56.
- He also played three times for a first-class "Tasmania Combined XI".
- During his captaincy Tasmania won their first first-class match after a winless period of over 20 years, making him the first successful Tasmanian captain since Jim Atkinson in the early 1930s.
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