# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-wellham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:18:19.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-wellham"
name: "Dirk Wellham"
slug: "dirk-wellham"
description: "Dirk MacDonald Wellham is a former Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1981 and 1987. He is one of four players to score a century in both his first class and Test debuts. He was the first player to captain three Australian states having captained New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland during his career. As NSW captain, he won the Sheffield Shield in 1984–85 and 1985–86 and the McDonald's Cup in 1984–85.He is the nephew of New South Wales first-class cricketer Walter Wellham."
tagline: "Australian cricketer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1959-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.872606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Wellham"
    title: "Dirk Wellham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ديرك ويلهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ডার্ক ওয়েলহাম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%81%D9%85"
    title: "ڈرک ویلہم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%AE"
    title: "डर्क वेलहॅम"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%81%D9%85"
    title: "ڈرک ویلہم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5280890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump