Jack Treanor

John Cassimar Treanor (17 August 1922 – 7 November 1993) was a first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales between 1954 and 1957.

Jack Treanor
Personal information
Full name
John Cassimar Treanor
Born(1922-08-17)17 August 1922
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died7 November 1993(1993-11-07) (aged 71)
Ballina, New South Wales
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954-55 to 1956-57New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 17
Runs scored 197
Batting average 11.58
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 33 not out
Balls bowled 3661
Wickets 63
Bowling average 27.71
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/36
Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 24 January 2017

Cricket career

A leg-spin bowler, Treanor made his first-class debut in the Sheffield Shield against Queensland in 1954–55, taking 5 for 146 and 3 for 69 (including a hat-trick) in the drawn match.[1] In his next match he took 3 for 64 and 4 for 96 against the touring MCC,[2] and in his third match he took 5 for 97 and 3 for 41 against Victoria.[3] The English journalist Alan Ross thought Treanor was the best spin bowler in Australia at the time, and should have been chosen for the tour to England in 1956,[4] but Treanor played only two matches in the 1955–56 season.

He took 28 wickets at an average of 30.25 in 1956–57,[5] and took his best figures of 5 for 36 in the tied match against Victoria,[6] but that was his last season of first-class cricket.

Treanor was a highly successful bowler in Sydney grade cricket.[7] In the 1970s he coached the cricket team at the University of Wollongong.[8]

Personal life

In the Second World War Treanor served as a sapper with 2/4 Field Company.[9] He married Norma Durrington in Lismore, New South Wales, in June 1947.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Queensland v New South Wales 1954–55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. "New South Wales v MCC 1954–55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. "Victoria v New South Wales 1954–55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. Alan Ross, Green Fading into Blue, Andre Deutsch, London, 1999, p. 69.
  5. "First-class bowling in each season by John Treanor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. "Victoria v New South Wales 1956–57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. Wisden 1995, p. 1397.
  8. "Club gears for cricket season". Campus News. 8 September 1976. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. "Service record: Treanor, John Cassimar". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  10. "Wedding at 5.30 p.m." Northern Star: 2. 12 June 1947.
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