Col Westaway
Australian cricketer
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Colin Edward Westaway (27 August 1936 – 15 October 2015) was an Australian cricketer. He played 19 first-class matches for Queensland between the 1957–58 season and 1963–64.[1]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Moggill, Queensland, Australia
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| Full name | Colin Edward Westaway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1936 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 2015 (aged 79) Moggill, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957/58–1963/64 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born at Brisbane, Westaway was a leg-spin bowler and tail-end batsman who played for Western Suburbs Cricket Club in the city.[2] He achieved his best bowling figures of 6 for 88 and his highest score of 33 in the same match, the opening match of the 1960–61 Sheffield Shield, against New South Wales in Brisbane.[3][4] Illness ended his first-class career after the 1963–64 season,[5] although in his Wisden obituary the almanack considered that he had been "poorly treated by Queensland's selectors" when he was not selected after the 1963–64 season.[6]
Westaway died at the Wesley Hospital at Auchenflower in Brisbane in 2015.[4] He was aged 79.[1] A cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Moggill is named the Col Westaway Oval in his honour.[5] His family had owned a pineapple farm at Moggill.[6]
