Warwick Armstrong
Australian cricketer (1879-1947) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 68
Warwick Windridge Armstrong was an Australian cricketer who played 50 Test matches between 1902 and 1921. An all-rounder, he captained Australia in ten Test matches between 1920 and 1921, and was undefeated, winning eight Tests and drawing two.
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Clem Hill Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1912
Charlie Macartney Teammate at Australia national team, 1907-1921
Victor Trumper Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1912
Sammy Carter Teammate at Australia national team, 1907-1921
Syd Gregory Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1912
Bert Hopkins Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1909
Frank Laver Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1909
Peter McAlister Teammate at Australia national team, 1904-1909
Tibby Cotter Teammate at Australia national team, 1904-1912
Vernon Ransford Teammate at Australia national team, 1907-1912
Algy Gehrs Teammate at Australia national team, 1904-1911
Edgar Mayne Teammate at Australia national team, 1912-1921
Jack Saunders Teammate at Australia national team, 1902-1908
Warren Bardsley Teammate at Australia national team, 1909-1921
Charles Kelleway Teammate at Australia national team, 1910-1921
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Armstrong's stance at the wicket
Armstrong fielding
Armstrong (left) and Trumper during the tour of England in 1905
Armstrong as captain of the Australian team in Leicester in 1921
Armstrong (centre, middle row) with his 1921 team, considered one of the great Test teams of all time.![An innings-by-innings breakdown of Armstrong's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last 10 innings (blue line).[91]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Warwick_Armstrong_graph.png/500px-Warwick_Armstrong_graph.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Armstrong's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last 10 innings (blue line).[91]
Armstrong lumbers up to the crease to bowl.Awards
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Armstrong was captain of the 1920-21 Australian team which defeated the touring English 5-0: one of only three teams to win an Ashes series in a whitewash. In a Test career interrupted by the First World War, he scored 2,863 runs at an average of 38.68, including six centuries, and took 87 wickets. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2000.
