Montague Alfred Noble was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.
22 Facts About Monty Noble
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Monty Noble scored 13,975 first class runs between 1893 and 1920 and took 624 wickets.
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Monty Noble played 42 Tests for his country, and captained the team for 15 of these between 1903 and 1909.
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Monty Noble complemented his only century, 133 in 1903, by scoring 16 half-centuries.
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Monty Noble played 39 of his 42 Tests against England, and the other three against South Africa.
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Monty Noble moved from banking to dentistry, and published his exegesis on cricket, Gilligan's Men.
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Monty Noble was the youngest of eight sons of Joseph and Maria Noble, who emigrated from Egham, Surrey, England.
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Monty Noble "made a name" for himself in grade cricket with the Paddington club and first played for New South Wales as a teenager.
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Monty Noble ended the series with the best bowling averages for both teams.
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Australia returned to England in 1899, and Monty Noble experienced his first overseas tour.
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Monty Noble was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1900.
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Monty Noble then returned to England in 1902 as "the best all-rounder" under Joe Darling.
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Monty Noble scored 1,416 runs across the tour, at 32.93, and took 98 wickets, though in the Test series he scored only 129 of these runs at 18.42.
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Monty Noble nevertheless scored 2,084 runs at 44.34 across the entire tour.
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Monty Noble's bowling was viewed as weaker than normal, however Wisden credited his innovative captaincy and field settings.
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Monty Noble led his team to England once more in 1909, and reversed a hitherto unsuccessful tour for Australia with innovative captaincy and bowling.
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Monty Noble continued at New South Wales until 1920, however with seasonal returns of 23,54,201,80 and 13 runs and wicket totals that surpassed two per season only twice in the years either side of World War I, Noble was past his prime.
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Monty Noble retired in 1920 and moved into banking, and then dentistry.
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Monty Noble wrote and published several works on cricket: Gilligan's Men, The Game's the Thing, Those Ashes, and The Fight for the Ashes and became a noted commentator and broadcaster.
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Monty Noble continued his association with Paddington Cricket Club, and worked for a time coaching junior cricket teams.
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Monty Noble died in Sydney on 22 June 1940, survived by his brother who died a year later.
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Monty Noble was a church bell ringer, and reportedly visited many towers in England while on cricket tours.