10 Facts About Warren Bardsley

Warren "Curly" Bardsley was an Australian Test cricketer.

An opening batsman, Bardsley played 41 Tests between 1909 and 1926 and over 200 first-class games for New South Wales.

Warren Bardsley was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 1910.

Warren Bardsley returned to Test form in the inaugural Triangular Test series ending the series as the leading run-scorer.

Warren Bardsley's form was not the same; in the 21 Tests Bardsley played from 1920 to 1926, he managed only one century.

Warren Bardsley was 43 years old when he made his last Test tour of England, in 1926.

Warren Bardsley was the oldest captain to make captaincy debut at the age of 43 years and 216 days.

Warren Bardsley played all five Tests in the 1926 series; his undefeated innings of 193 at Lord's in the Second Test would be his highest Test score, and made him the oldest player to score a Test century for Australia.

Warren Bardsley continued to play club cricket for Glebe into his fifties.

In 1945, aged 62, Warren Bardsley married 45-year-old Gertrude Cope, his wife until his death in 1954.