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| Born | (1851-08-24)24 August 1851 Bedford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 August 1924(1924-08-17) (aged 72) Hobart,Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 9) | 15 March 1877 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 31 March 1877 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Kingston Kendall (24 August 1851 – 17 August 1924[1]) was an Australiancricketer, who played in twoTest matches in 1877, including the inaugural Test which was played at theMelbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.
Kendall was a lower-order left-handed batsman and a slow-to-medium pace left-arm bowler. His 14 wickets in the first two Tests show his ability and indeed Kendall's 7/55 in the last innings of the first-ever Test[2] was an important part of the 45-run victory over theEngland side led byJames Lillywhite. It was Kendall's bowling that induced the first Test matchstumping, when he dismissedAlfred Shaw, viaJack Blackham'swicketkeeping.[3] Both he and Shaw took eight wickets in the inaugural Test, but as Australia batted first Shaw took his first, but Kendall overtook this in the Second Test and his 14 Test wickets remained a (retrospective) record until passed byFred Spofforth. It is not clear why he was omitted from the subsequent Australian team to tourEngland in 1878, a tour he was available for: he took part in some preliminary matches before the team was selected, although, according to Spofforth, Kendall gained a considerable amount of weight, which may have worked against him.[4]
Kendall played in Melbourne club cricket forRichmond, and representedVictoria once. In 1881, he moved toHobart where he was employed as a compositor byThe Mercury newspaper.[5]Tasmania did not have regularfirst-class cricket at that point and his subsequent cricket career was limited to four matches on a tour to New Zealand in 1884 and one against Victoria in 1889. He later stood as anumpire in Tasmanian cricket.
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| Preceded by | World Record – Most Career Wickets in Test cricket 14 wickets (15.35) in 2 Tests Held record 31 March 1877 to 4 January 1879 | Succeeded by |