Bertie Joseph Tuckwell (6 October 1882 – 2 January 1943) was an Australian-born cricketer who played first-class cricket in Australia and New Zealand.
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Full name | Bertie Joseph Tuckwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1882-10-06)6 October 1882 Carlton, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 January 1943(1943-01-02) (aged 60) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1902-03 to 1903-04 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1912-13 to 1914-15 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917-18 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 22 February 2015 |
Born in Melbourne, Tuckwell played three first-class matches for Victoria in 1903.[1] On his first-class debut in 1902-03, in Victoria's first-ever match against Queensland,[2] he scored 93 not out, batting at number seven, before Victoria declared. Victoria won by an innings.[3] He moved to New Zealand and continued his cricket career, playing for Otago and Wellington.
He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14, and later that season he played for New Zealand against the touring Australian team in New Zealand.[2] In the first of the two international matches, batting at number three, he top-scored for New Zealand in the first innings with 50, but he was omitted from the team for the second match.[4] As well as being an attractive batsman, strong on the cut, he was a reliable slips fieldsman.[2]
Tuckwell was a prominent businessman in Wellington. He died there on 2 January 1943 after a short illness. He was survived by his son and two daughters.[5]