Fergus O'Neill

Fergus O'Neill (born 27 January 2001) is an Australian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Victoria cricket team. He made his List A debut for Victoria against Western Australia in the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup, and his first-class debut in the 2022–23 Sheffield Shield against South Australia.

Fergus O'Neill
Personal information
Born (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021/22–Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 10 7
Runs scored 238 65
Batting average 18.30 16.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 35 22
Balls bowled 1,764 342
Wickets 28 9
Bowling average 25.92 25.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/28 4/22
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2023

Career

In 2014, O'Neill and his father Peter O'Neill both scored centuries in the same North West Metro Cricket Association match for the Flemington Colts. Peter retired not out on 106, while Fergus was eventually caught for 104.[1]

O'Neill plays for Melbourne in Victorian Premier Cricket. In 2019 he took a hat-trick against Monash, finishing with career-best figures of 6/25.[2] In the 2021–22 season he received the Paul Sheahan Club Champion Award for his all-round performance, averaging 19.31 with the ball and 42.33 with the bat that year.[3]

His performances in Premier cricket earned him a List A debut for Victoria later that season, as well as a first-class appearance for Victoria the following season in which he took 4 wickets on debut, including the wickets of Australian Test players Alex Carey, and Travis Head (twice).[4]

References
  1. Michell, Tim. "Flemington Colts father-son combination Peter and Fergus O'Neill reach centuries in the same NWMCA match". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Amy, Paul. "Premier Cricket: Melbourne swing bowler Fergus O'Neill flattens Monash with hat-trick". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. "Vine and O'Neill crowned Club Champions at MCC Cricket's night of nights". Melbourne Cricket Club. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. Hatzoglou, Max. "How three teammates lifted Shield debutant from 'all over the shop' first spell to four-fa". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2022.


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