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Here's a list of one test wonders I thought would be interesting to look at.

One test wonders

Edward Gregory – 1876-77
Francis Allan – 1878-79
Thomas Groube – 1880
William Moule – 1880
James Slight – 1880
George Coulthard – 1881-82
Alfred Marr – 1884-85
Samuel Morris – 1884-85
Henry Musgrove – 1884-85
William Robertson – 1884-85
Francis Walters – 1884-85
John McIlwraith – 1886
Reginald Allen – 1886-87
John Cottam – 1886-87
John Reedman – 1894-95
Arthur Coningham – 1894-95
John Harry – 1894-95
Joseph Travers – 1901-02
John McLaren – 1911-1912 (player 100)
Roy Park – 1920-21
Albert Hatkopf – 1924-1925
Otto Nothling – 1928-29
William Hunt – 1931-32
Hugh Thurlow – 1931-32
Lisle Nagel – 1932-33
Hampden Love – 1932-33
Harry Alexander – 1932-33
Hans Ebeling – 1934
Rayford Robinson – 1936-37
Ken Meuleman – 1945-46
Frederick Freer – 1946-47
Mervyn Harvey – 1946-47
Leonard Johnson – 1947-48
George Thoms – 1951-52
John Rutherford – 1956-57
John Wilson – 1956-57
Keith Slater – 1958-59
Des Hoare – 1960-61
Colin Guest – 1962-63
Reginald Sellers – 1964-65
Peter Allan – 1965-66
Leslie Joslin – 1967-68
John Duncan -1970-71
Ken Eastwood – 1970-71
John Watkins – 1972-73
Ashley Woodcock – 1973-74
Michael Malone – 1977
Paul Hibbert – 1974-75
Ian Callen – 1977-78
Jeffrey Moss – 1978-79
Simon Davis – 1985-86
Wayne Norman Phillips – 1991-92
Phil Emery – 1994-95
Stuart Law – 1995-96
Shaun Young – 1997
Paul Wilson – 1997-98
Matthew Nicholson – 1998-99
Dan Cullen – 2006
Beau Casson – 2008
Bryce McGain - 2009
Graham Manou - 2009
Clint McKay - 2009
Peter George - 2010
John Hastings - 2012
James Faulkner - 2013
Joe Mennie - 2016/17*
Callum Ferguson - 2016/17*
Chadd Sayers 2018*

* Could play again
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Dogwatcher wrote:Here's a list of one test wonders I thought would be interesting to look at.

One test wonders

Edward Gregory – 1876-77
Francis Allan – 1878-79
Thomas Groube – 1880
William Moule – 1880
James Slight – 1880
George Coulthard – 1881-82
Alfred Marr – 1884-85
Samuel Morris – 1884-85
Henry Musgrove – 1884-85
William Robertson – 1884-85
Francis Walters – 1884-85
John McIlwraith – 1886
Reginald Allen – 1886-87
John Cottam – 1886-87
John Reedman – 1894-95
Arthur Coningham – 1894-95
John Harry – 1894-95
Joseph Travers – 1901-02
John McLaren – 1911-1912 (player 100)
Roy Park – 1920-21
Albert Hatkopf – 1924-1925
Otto Nothling – 1928-29
William Hunt – 1931-32
Hugh Thurlow – 1931-32
Lisle Nagel – 1932-33
Hampden Love – 1932-33
Harry Alexander – 1932-33
Hans Ebeling – 1934
Rayford Robinson – 1936-37
Ken Meuleman – 1945-46
Frederick Freer – 1946-47
Mervyn Harvey – 1946-47
Leonard Johnson – 1947-48
George Thoms – 1951-52
John Rutherford – 1956-57
John Wilson – 1956-57
Keith Slater – 1958-59
Des Hoare – 1960-61
Colin Guest – 1962-63
Reginald Sellers – 1964-65
Peter Allan – 1965-66
Leslie Joslin – 1967-68
John Duncan -1970-71
Ken Eastwood – 1970-71
John Watkins – 1972-73
Ashley Woodcock – 1973-74
Michael Malone – 1977
Paul Hibbert – 1974-75
Ian Callen – 1977-78
Jeffrey Moss – 1978-79
Simon Davis – 1985-86
Wayne Norman Phillips – 1991-92
Phil Emery – 1994-95
Stuart Law – 1995-96
Shaun Young – 1997
Paul Wilson – 1997-98
Matthew Nicholson – 1998-99
Dan Cullen – 2006*
Chris Rogers – 2008*
Beau Casson – 2008*
Doug Bollinger – 2009*
Andrew McDonald - 2009*

* Could play again

you might aswell take that asterix from his name. imo i think he will stay a one test player.
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Yeah he's fortunate to even be getting the odd game for the Jellybacks let alone ever playing for Australia again in the serious stuff.
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I doubt Casson will get another game too.....
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hearts on fire wrote:I doubt Casson will get another game too.....


Im starting to think that too. He has been messed around a bit by the Australian selectors. I would have liked to see them stick with him as our main Spin Option for the long term.
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Dogwatcher wrote:Hans Ebeling – 1934


The man responsible for the Centenary Test in 1977.
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AH, was he on the MCC (Melb) board?
Where does your info on this come from?
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Dogwatcher wrote:AH, was he on the MCC (Melb) board?
Where does your info on this come from?


cricket the 70s the ABC documentary and Mike Cowards book...

president of teh MCC IIRC or at least a committee member with a strong sense of history...
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Wayne Phillips (Vic) was the one that I immediately thought of when i saw this thread.
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Shaun Young would nearly qualify as a Bradbury ;)
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Mike Whitney's debut was in similar circumstances.
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Dogwatcher wrote:AH, was he on the MCC (Melb) board?
Where does your info on this come from?


At the beginning of the ABC documentary on the Centenary Test, they have a quick grab from Hans Ebeling. I think he was the secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club. He said it was 1973 and he was researching something else when he realised it was nearly 100 years from the First Test Match, so he decided they should do something about it.
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Cheers, I think our one test wonders deserve a bit more recognition.
They've done something we all dream of.
I'll look into Hans' history.
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GWW wrote:Wayne Phillips (Vic) was the one that I immediately thought of when i saw this thread.


The funny part of that was SA's Wayne Phillips jokingly rang the ACB and asked what time he should be at the game ... they took him seriously and didn't know how to break it to him :)
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Dogwatcher wrote:Mike Whitney's debut was in similar circumstances.


But got another go ;)
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Adelaide Hawk wrote:
GWW wrote:Wayne Phillips (Vic) was the one that I immediately thought of when i saw this thread.


The funny part of that was SA's Wayne Phillips jokingly rang the ACB and asked what time he should be at the game ... they took him seriously and didn't know how to break it to him :)

Flip has form in this area, he also nominated for the AFL draft at one stage, before there was criteria to meet prior to registration.
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Adelaide Hawk wrote:
GWW wrote:Wayne Phillips (Vic) was the one that I immediately thought of when i saw this thread.


The funny part of that was SA's Wayne Phillips jokingly rang the ACB and asked what time he should be at the game ... they took him seriously and didn't know how to break it to him :)


That was the test where AB refused to go (at first) after learning that Mark Waugh and his good mate Geoff Marsh had been dropped after poor form in the first 4 tests of the summer v India.

- AB relented
- Geoff Marsh never played for Aust again
- Mark Waugh, having replaced his brother in the test side the season before, came back and went on to much bigger things (as did his brother!)
- Tom Moody was the other player who came into the side and held his spot through the following series in Sri Lanka, then left the test side for good
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Was it Geoff Marsh's double that played in the world Cup after that Hondo??? 8) ;)

But you're right he never played Test cricket again... :D
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smac wrote:
Adelaide Hawk wrote:
GWW wrote:Wayne Phillips (Vic) was the one that I immediately thought of when i saw this thread.


The funny part of that was SA's Wayne Phillips jokingly rang the ACB and asked what time he should be at the game ... they took him seriously and didn't know how to break it to him :)

Flip has form in this area, he also nominated for the AFL draft at one stage, before there was criteria to meet prior to registration.


That's true, and as far as I know he still has the letter of acceptance framed behind his bar at home. He only nominated to get a letter of rejection from the AFL, but he ended up getting a letter accepting him into the draft. Nobody can work out why because his letter to the AFL was the most ridiculous application of all time ... but the AFL took it seriously :)
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Post by MW »

It's interesting to see who has played a handfull of games also (2-6)
Bracken, Brad Williams (who?), Martin Love, Scott Muller, Gavin Robertson, Simon Cook, Jo Angel
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