Andrew Newell (cricketer)

Andrew Newell (born 13 November 1865, date of death unknown) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played twenty-five first-class matches for New South Wales between 1889/90 and 1899/1900.[2]

Andrew Newell

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Livingstone Newell
Born	(1865-11-13)13 November 1865 Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Died	Details unknown
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break, right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1889-90 to 1899-1900	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 25 Runs scored 477 Batting average 15.90 100s/50s 0/2 Top score 68 not out Balls bowled 4741 Wickets 82 Bowling average 20.34 5 wickets in innings 4 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 8/56 Catches/stumpings 16/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2019

Newell, a right-arm off-spin and medium-pace bowler, was the most successful bowler in Sydney grade cricket in 1892-93, when he took 60 wickets for Glebe at an average of 5.43.[3] At the end of that season he took 6 for 25 and 4 for 27 for New South Wales in a low-scoring match against Queensland that Queensland won by 17 runs.[4] His best innings figures for New South Wales were 8 for 56 against Victoria in 1897-98.[5]

In November 1907 Newell was living with his wife in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra and working as a clerk in the Postal Department.[6][7] He had been receiving medical treatment for a nervous condition, and had had to take a break from playing cricket, when he disappeared while walking his dogs.[8] He was assumed to have died, but in early 1911 a friend in Sydney received a letter from him, sent from Valparaiso, Chile, where he had been living for some time under an assumed name.[9][10][11]