Thomas Antill, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Antill

cricketer

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1830

Date of Death: 11-May-1865

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Thomas Antill

  • Thomas Wills Antill (20 November 1830 – 11 May 1865) was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born at Jarvisfield, Picton, New South Wales in 1830.
  • Antill made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1850–51 season, against Tasmania.
  • He scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and 0 not out in the second.
  • Antill took match figures of 13–51 with the ball.
  • Antill's cousin, Tom Wills, also played first-class cricket.In 1861 or 1862, he moved from Geelong to Nelson, New Zealand, where he was manager of the branch of the Union Bank of Australia.
  • In Nelson, he was active in church affairs.
  • He died on 11 May 1865 after a brief illness, and his funeral procession was the largest that Nelson had ever witnessed thus far.
  • He was buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery.

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