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Roy Baldwin Minnett (13 June 1886 – 21 October 1955) was an Australian cricketer who played in nine Test matches from December 1911 to August 1912.[2] He became a medical practitioner.

Roy Minnett

Minnett in 1912
Personal information
Full name	Roy Baldwin Minnett
Born	(1886-06-13)13 June 1886[1] St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 October 1955(1955-10-21) (aged 69) Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1906–07 to 1914–15	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 9 54 Runs scored 391 2142 Batting average 26.06 28.94 100s/50s 0/3 2/12 Top score 90 216* Balls bowled 589 4155 Wickets 11 86 Bowling average 26.36 25.02 5 wickets in innings 0 3 10 wickets in match 0 1 Best bowling 4/34 8/50 Catches/stumpings 0/0 17/0
Source: CricketArchive

Life and career

Minnett was born in Sydney and attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School.[3] He first played first-class cricket for New South Wales while he was studying medicine at Sydney University.[4] A brilliant, sometimes impetuous batsman, fast-medium bowler and excellent fieldsman, he scored 151 in 150 minutes against Tasmania in January 1911.[3] A year later he scored 216 not out in 197 minutes against Victoria at the Sydney Cricket Ground, adding 169 for the tenth wicket in 83 minutes with Cecil McKew.[4][5] On his Test debut a few weeks earlier, also at the SCG, he had scored 90 in 111 minutes, adding 109 for the sixth wicket with Victor Trumper.[6] He top-scored in the first innings of both the Fourth and Fifth Tests of the series, with 56 and 61 respectively.[3]

Minnett toured England with the Australian team in 1912, but the damp conditions did not suit his play.[4] He played in four of the six Tests, his best contribution being 4 for 34 in England's first innings at The Oval.[7] It was his last Test match. He played a few more matches for New South Wales after the tour. In his last match, against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1914, he opened the bowling and took 8 for 50 off 24.2 overs, bowling unchanged through the innings.[8] In January 1914 he toured Ceylon with a New South Wales team led by the Rev. E. F. Waddy, finishing at the top of the team's batting averages.[9]

After 1914 the demands of his medical practice curtailed Minnett's cricket career.[4] His older brothers, Leslie and Rupert, also played cricket for New South Wales.[4]

See also

• List of New South Wales representative cricketers

References

External links

• Roy Minnett at ESPNcricinfo

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