He was the first person ever to captain Queensland at cricket and represent them in Australian rules football, a feat later replicated by Aub Carrigan. His son, Brian O'Connor, also played both cricket and football for Queensland.
He made his first appearance for Queensland in 1913 and was a regular for the state whenever they played a first class match over the following decade and a half. When Queensland made their Sheffield Shield debut in 1926-27 O'Connor was named as their inaugural captain.
Their first game was against New South Wales at Brisbane and with Queensland set 400 to win in the 4th innings he opened the batting and made 196 before being run out.[1] He had been the last wicket to fall and Queensland fell just 8 runs short of the target.
Queensland travelled to Sydney the following week to play their away fixture and O'Connor scored a century in both innings, thus becoming the first Queenslander to do so in Shield history.[2] It would be a good season for O'Connor with the bat, he finished with 731 runs at 66.45.[3]
Notesedit
^"Scorecard: NSW vs Queensland at Brisbane 1926-27". CricketArchive.
^"Leo O'Connor and the Queensland quest". Cricinfo.
^"Sheffield Shield 1926-27 Leading Batsmen". CricketArchive.
Referencesedit
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
connor, cricketer, patrick, devereaux, connor, april, 1890, january, 1985, australian, first, class, cricketer, captained, kept, wicket, queensland, sheffield, shield, connorpersonal, informationfull, nameleo, patrick, devereaux, connorborn, 1890, april, 1890d. Leo Patrick Devereaux O Connor 11 April 1890 16 January 1985 was an Australian first class cricketer who captained and kept wicket for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield Leo O ConnorPersonal informationFull nameLeo Patrick Devereaux O ConnorBorn 1890 04 11 11 April 1890Died16 January 1985 1985 01 16 aged 94 BattingRight handedRelationsBrian O Connor son Domestic team informationYearsTeam1912 13 1929 30Queensland BullsFC debut31 January 1913 Queensland v New South WalesLast FC17 January 1930 Queensland v South AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 46Runs scored 3 311Batting average 39 89100s 50s 9 13Top score 196Catches stumpings 82 21Source CricketArchive 16 November 2022He was the first person ever to captain Queensland at cricket and represent them in Australian rules football a feat later replicated by Aub Carrigan His son Brian O Connor also played both cricket and football for Queensland Contents 1 Football 2 Cricket 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksFootball editPrior to commencing his first class cricket career O Connor played briefly with Australian rules football club Essendon in the VFL Cricket editHe made his first appearance for Queensland in 1913 and was a regular for the state whenever they played a first class match over the following decade and a half When Queensland made their Sheffield Shield debut in 1926 27 O Connor was named as their inaugural captain Their first game was against New South Wales at Brisbane and with Queensland set 400 to win in the 4th innings he opened the batting and made 196 before being run out 1 He had been the last wicket to fall and Queensland fell just 8 runs short of the target Queensland travelled to Sydney the following week to play their away fixture and O Connor scored a century in both innings thus becoming the first Queenslander to do so in Shield history 2 It would be a good season for O Connor with the bat he finished with 731 runs at 66 45 3 Notes edit Scorecard NSW vs Queensland at Brisbane 1926 27 CricketArchive Leo O Connor and the Queensland quest Cricinfo Sheffield Shield 1926 27 Leading Batsmen CricketArchive References editMaplestone M Flying Higher History of the Essendon Football Club 1872 1996 Essendon Football Club Melbourne 1996 ISBN 0 9591740 2 8External links editLeo O Connor s playing statistics from AFL Tables Leo O Connor at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leo O 27Connor cricketer amp oldid 1153594787, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
