Edward Philip Illingworth was born on 27 November 1938 and is a former Australian cricketer who played five first-class matches for Victoria between 1962 and 1964.
17 Facts About Eddie Illingworth
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Away from first-class cricket, Eddie Illingworth had a successful career for Fitzroy in Victorian Premier Cricket, where he remains the eighth highest wicket-taker of all time, with 599.
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Eddie Illingworth was named the club champion three times, and later served for seven years as a board member of the Victorian Cricket Association.
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Eddie Illingworth was to represent them for 20 years, playing a total of 233 matches.
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In December 1959, Eddie Illingworth was selected for the Victoria Colts, a youth team, to play against the New South Wales Colts.
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Two years later, in November 1961, Eddie Illingworth was selected for Jack Potter's XI in an invitational one-day single innings match against Bill Lawry's XI at Junction Oval.
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Eddie Illingworth was selected to make his first-class debut for Victoria against Tasmania at Kardinia Park in Geelong in February 1962.
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Eddie Illingworth's selection had generated controversy since he had twice been no-balled for throwing by two different umpires in Melbourne district cricket in the two seasons prior to his selection.
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Eddie Illingworth was then selected to make his Sheffield Shield debut a week later, against Western Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth.
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Eddie Illingworth then scored 14 as Victoria set a target of 180.
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Eddie Illingworth was called on each of the occasions by the umpire standing at square leg.
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Eddie Illingworth was called twice by Egar on the second and fourth deliveries of his eleventh over, and once by Ryan on the sixth ball of his fourteenth over.
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Eddie Illingworth played in two further matches, but only took two wickets.
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Eddie Illingworth ended his career with 15 wickets at an average of 27.60, and 155 runs at 17.22.
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Eddie Illingworth took 599 wickets at 18.60 for Fitzroy, placing him eighth on the all-time wicket-takers list in Victorian Premier Cricket.
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Eddie Illingworth amassed 2666 runs at 14.03 and took 91 catches.
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Eddie Illingworth is an honorary life member of the club.