Saturday, January 1, 2011

Cricketer who died in 2010. (3)

Eric William Thomas Tindill (18/12/1910 to 01/08/2010) 
Eric Tindill played from New Zealand, he was the one among the seven person to play both cricket and rugby for his country. He just played 5 Test matches with just 73 runs in total and 69 first class match, with 6 centuries and 12 half centuries. His first Test match was against England in 26th june 1937 the last was also against England in 25th March, 1947. He played as an wicket keeper batsman.
Interestingly, he also umpired in 1 Test match and he was only the person who played and umpired both test cricket and rugby match for New Zealand.

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