Jack Potter
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| Full name | Jack Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1938 Coburg,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-breakandgoogly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956/57–1967/68 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FCdebut | 22 January 1957 Victoria vTasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LastFC | 22 December 1967 Victoria vNew South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,4 February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Potter(born 13 April 1938) is an Australian formercricketerwho played 81 matches forVictoria.He also represented Australia, although never in aTest.
Biography
[edit]Potter was born atCoburg, Victoriain 1938 and made hisfirst-classdebut in January 1957 againstTasmaniamaking only 6, he made hisSheffield Shielddebut in the final game of the season againstWestern Australiascoring 21. The following season he scored two centuries, 115 and 110, both coming againstSouth Australiaas he cemented his place in the state side.
Potter scored two more centuries during 1959 and toured New Zealand with Australia B in February 1960. In 1960–61 he scored two centuries and shared in 252 and 237 run partnerships withBill Lawry.After a patchy 1961–62 season, he was the third highest runscorer in the Sheffield Shield 1962/63 season,[1]he also scored a century against the touringMCC.
In December 1963 he scored 123* for a Combined XI against the touring South Africans, it earned him a place in the 12 man squad for the second Test howeverTom Veiverswas selected ahead of him. Potter once again finished the season with two centuries and an average of 55.50 and earned a place on the tour of England in 1964.
In the first Test of the1964 AshesPotter was once again twelfth man, towards the end of the tour Potter fractured his skull during a one-day match in theNetherlands.He was therefore unable to tourIndiaandPakistanalong with the rest of the team where he was likely to make his Test debut.[2]
Potter was dropped halfway through the 1964–65 season after poor form but the following season he scored his best first-class score of 221 againstNew South Wales,[3]however he passed 50 only once more during the season.
In 1966–67 Potter was made captain of Victoria and led them to theSheffield Shieldtitle, averaging 53.50 during the season. Halfway through the 1967–68 season he retired from cricket at the age of 29. He scored 82 and 105* in his final match, passing 5,000 runs for Victoria during his final innings.
Throughout his first-class career he also played, and captained, Fitzroy Cricket Club. In September 1974 Potter was appointed as Head Coach of Victoria, the first to hold such a role.[4]Between 1987 and 1989 he was the inaugural head coach of the Australian Cricket Academy helping in the development ofShane Warne.[5]
Potter's notable achievements include holding the record for being 12th man for Australia the most times without winning a cap (thrice) and being the first prominent spinner to bowl a 'doosra' (a leg-break bowled with an off-break action).[6]
References
[edit]- ^Most runs in Sheffield Shield 1962/63,CricketArchive, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
- ^Jack PotterArchived1 February 2016 at theWayback Machine,Victorian Premier Cricket,Retrieved on 6 November 2007
- ^Victoria v New South Wales 1965–66, Scorecard,CricketArchive, Retrieved on 6 November 2007
- ^McFarline, Peter (10 September 1974)."Jack Potter Shield Coach".The Age.p. 29.Retrieved26 September2023– via Google Books.
- ^Steen, Rob (28 April 2001)."The man who taught Shane Warne to spin".Telegraph.Retrieved26 September2023.
- ^Amol Rajan,Twirlymen,2011, p.85.