Neil Joseph

Neil Joseph

Personal information
Full name	Neil Stanley Joseph
Born	1906
Died	unknown date and place
Batting	Right-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 239 Batting average 17.07 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 78 Balls bowled 224 Wickets 4 Bowling average 40.50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/11 Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2017

Neil Stanley Joseph (born 1906, date of death unknown)^[1] was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for All-Ceylon in the 1930s. In a one-day match against the touring Australians in 1930, he dismissed Don Bradman hit wicket with the first ball he bowled.^[2]

Neil Joseph went to Royal College, Colombo. In 1925 he scored his first Royal-Thomian century, a superb 113 made in only 65 minutes.^[3] In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957.^{[citation needed]}

He played eight first-class matches for Ceylon between 1932 and 1935. His highest score was 78 against MCC in 1933–34, when no one else for Ceylon in the match reached 30.^[4] He went on Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33.^[5]

Joseph worked as a newspaper reporter.^[5]

References

1. Joseph is listed as deceased in his Cricinfo profile, although the details are unknown.
2. "Ceylon v Australians 1929-30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
3. Thenabadu, Sunil. "Royal firm favourites in the historic encounter". Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
4. "Ceylon v MCC 1933-34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
5. I. M. Mansukhani, "Ceylon Tour in India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1933, p. 75.

External links

• Neil Joseph at ESPNcricinfo
• D. W. L. Lieversz, My Recollections of Cricket at Royal From 1923 to 1929