Thomas Robert Veivers (born 6 April 1937) is an Australian former cricketer, teacher, politician and public administrator who played in 21 cricket Test matches between 1963 and 1967. He is the great-uncle of Jack Wildermuth.[1]
Veivers was an all-rounder who bowled right-arm off-spin and batted left-handed. Educated at Downlands College, in Toowoomba in southeastern Queensland, he attended the University of Queensland, whom he represented in club cricket. In 1955 for Downlands College against Gregory Terrace at the Brisbane Oval, he scored a 155. He was made the captain of the Queensland Colts and scored 126 against the New South Wales Colts in 1958/59, their first win in the interstate Gregory Cup in 8 years.[citation needed]
John Woodcock of The Times wrote: "I doubt if it is possible to hit a cricket ball any harder than Dexter did today. Melbourne is a huge ground and no one who hits a six here is likely to forget it. Against Veivers, an off-spinner, Dexter twice cleared the sightscreen, once by a good 20 yards."[2] In the 2 matches against the MCC, his figures were 3 wickets for 310 and he was considered for the Test matches.[citation needed]
Veivers was selected for the Test team the following season to make his debut against South Africa in the First Test in Brisbane, in which he scored 14 batting at number 8 and took 1/48. He was omitted for the third and fourth Tests, but managed to defy the South Africans with stubborn batting in the fifth Test in Sydney, salvaging a draw. He toured England in 1964, playing all Tests and scoring two half-centuries and three three-wicket hauls. He followed this with 2 more half-centuries and a career-best of 4/68 on the tour to India. While scoring 74 in Chennai he hit Bapu Nadkarni, often considered an unhittable bowler, for 3 sixes.[citation needed]
He scored his Test best of 88 against Pakistan in Australia the following season but was unavailable to tour the West Indies in 1965 due to personal reasons. He had a difficult 1965-66 Ashes series back home against England, taking just four wickets and one half-century. He went on the 1966-67 tour of South Africa, which was his last international representation for Australia. He retired from first-class cricket the following year.[citation needed]
His bowling was economical but not penetrative, with a Test average of over 40. He bowled one of the longest known bowling spells in Test cricket - 55 six-ball overs in England's innings of 611 at Old Trafford in 1964. Veivers bowled 75 of the last 80 overs delivered from the City end and finished with figures of 95.1-36-155-3. This is the highest number of balls bowled in an innings of a Test match by an Australian and included a single unbroken spell of 51 overs and one ball. Veivers was the non-striker when Simpson reached the 300 and, one Test later, when Fred Trueman took his 300th wicket by dismissing Neil Hawke.[citation needed]
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Veivers was a Brisbane radio station executive before serving as the secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association from 1974 to 1977 and a state selector from 1977 to 1982.[citation needed]
He had a brief political career, holding the seat of Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1983 to 1986 for the Labor Party.[3] He was Commissioner-General of the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 88 in Brisbane in 1988. He was Chairman of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research Trust from 1991 to 2000 and was appointed a Fellow of the Institute in 2000.[citation needed]
He was the president of the QCA from 1989 to 1992. He was made a Life Member of Queensland Cricket in 2006.[4]
His cousins, Mick and Greg Veivers, both represented for Australia at rugby league, Greg captaining the national team. Mick went on to become a Queensland state politician. His great-nephew, Jack Wildermuth, has played Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket for Australia.[5]
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^"Jack Wildermuth great uncle Tom Vievers". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Tom Veivers news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Thomas Robert Veivers born 6 April 1937 is an Australian former cricketer teacher politician and public administrator who played in 21 cricket Test matches between 1963 and 1967 He is the great uncle of Jack Wildermuth 1 Tom VeiversVeivers in 1965Personal informationFull nameThomas Robert VeiversBorn 1937 04 06 6 April 1937 age 86 Beenleigh Queensland AustraliaBattingLeft handedBowlingRight arm offbreakRelationsJack Wildermuth great nephew International informationNational sideAustraliaTest debut cap 226 6 December 1964 v South AfricaLast Test29 February 1967 v South AfricaCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 21 106Runs scored 813 5 100Batting average 31 26 36 95100s 50s 0 7 4 37Top score 88 137Balls bowled 4 191 18 548Wickets 33 191Bowling average 41 66 38 705 wickets in innings 0 310 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 4 68 5 63Catches stumpings 7 52 Source 1 10 October 2021Tom VeiversMember of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for AshgroveIn office 22 October 1983 1 November 1986Preceded byJohn GreenwoodSucceeded byAlan SherlockPersonal detailsNationalityAustralianPolitical partyLaborSpouseRobyn Stutterd m 1960 RelationsMick Veivers cousin Greg Veivers cousin OccupationTeacher Contents 1 Cricket career 2 Later career 3 References 4 External linksCricket career editVeivers was an all rounder who bowled right arm off spin and batted left handed Educated at Downlands College in Toowoomba in southeastern Queensland he attended the University of Queensland whom he represented in club cricket In 1955 for Downlands College against Gregory Terrace at the Brisbane Oval he scored a 155 He was made the captain of the Queensland Colts and scored 126 against the New South Wales Colts in 1958 59 their first win in the interstate Gregory Cup in 8 years citation needed He made his first class debut in 1958 59 against the touring English cricket team and made his Sheffield Shield debut that season also He did not command a regular spot in the Sheffield Shield team until the following season He was selected for his first Australian squad in 1962 playing in an Australian XI against the visiting English team in which he was hit for two sixes by Ted Dexter in his opening over citation needed John Woodcock of The Times wrote I doubt if it is possible to hit a cricket ball any harder than Dexter did today Melbourne is a huge ground and no one who hits a six here is likely to forget it Against Veivers an off spinner Dexter twice cleared the sightscreen once by a good 20 yards 2 In the 2 matches against the MCC his figures were 3 wickets for 310 and he was considered for the Test matches citation needed Veivers was selected for the Test team the following season to make his debut against South Africa in the First Test in Brisbane in which he scored 14 batting at number 8 and took 1 48 He was omitted for the third and fourth Tests but managed to defy the South Africans with stubborn batting in the fifth Test in Sydney salvaging a draw He toured England in 1964 playing all Tests and scoring two half centuries and three three wicket hauls He followed this with 2 more half centuries and a career best of 4 68 on the tour to India While scoring 74 in Chennai he hit Bapu Nadkarni often considered an unhittable bowler for 3 sixes citation needed He scored his Test best of 88 against Pakistan in Australia the following season but was unavailable to tour the West Indies in 1965 due to personal reasons He had a difficult 1965 66 Ashes series back home against England taking just four wickets and one half century He went on the 1966 67 tour of South Africa which was his last international representation for Australia He retired from first class cricket the following year citation needed His bowling was economical but not penetrative with a Test average of over 40 He bowled one of the longest known bowling spells in Test cricket 55 six ball overs in England s innings of 611 at Old Trafford in 1964 Veivers bowled 75 of the last 80 overs delivered from the City end and finished with figures of 95 1 36 155 3 This is the highest number of balls bowled in an innings of a Test match by an Australian and included a single unbroken spell of 51 overs and one ball Veivers was the non striker when Simpson reached the 300 and one Test later when Fred Trueman took his 300th wicket by dismissing Neil Hawke citation needed Later career editVeivers was a Brisbane radio station executive before serving as the secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association from 1974 to 1977 and a state selector from 1977 to 1982 citation needed He had a brief political career holding the seat of Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1983 to 1986 for the Labor Party 3 He was Commissioner General of the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 88 in Brisbane in 1988 He was Chairman of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research Trust from 1991 to 2000 and was appointed a Fellow of the Institute in 2000 citation needed He was the president of the QCA from 1989 to 1992 He was made a Life Member of Queensland Cricket in 2006 4 His cousins Mick and Greg Veivers both represented for Australia at rugby league Greg captaining the national team Mick went on to become a Queensland state politician His great nephew Jack Wildermuth has played Twenty20 International T20I cricket for Australia 5 References edit Jack Wildermuth great uncle Tom Vievers ESPN cricinfo Retrieved 13 September 2022 John Woodcock The Times 10 November 1962 Former Members Parliament of Queensland 2015 Retrieved 4 February 2015 Annual Report 2016 2017 Queensland Cricket Retrieved 20 January 2020 Jack Wildermuth s England experience will be very different to that of his great uncle Tom Veivers The Courier Mail Retrieved 6 March 2019 External links editTom Veivers at ESPNcricinfoParliament of QueenslandPreceded byJohn Greenwood Member for Ashgrove1983 1986 Succeeded byAlan Sherlock Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Veivers amp oldid 1178527277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
