Tom Klose
Personal information
Full name
Tom Elliott Klose
Born(1918-01-22)22 January 1918
Adelaide, South Australia
Died13 June 1986(1986-06-13) (aged 68)
Nailsworth, Adelaide, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox, left-arm medium-pace
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1939–40 to 1949–50South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 895
Batting average 22.94
100s/50s 0/5
Top score 80
Balls bowled 3236
Wickets 32
Bowling average 37.53
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/23
Catches/stumpings 16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2019

Tom Elliott Klose (22 January 1918 – 13 June 1986) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia between 1939 and 1950.

A middle-order batsman, left-arm orthodox spin or medium-pace bowler and brilliant fieldsman, Tom Klose was considered one of Australia's most promising young cricketers immediately before World War II.[1][2] In his debut first-class season of 1939–40 he made 305 runs at an average of 23.46, took 18 wickets at 16.88, and took 10 catches.[3][4]

Klose served in the Army from 1940 to 1945.[5] He played a few seasons after the war without fulfilling his youthful promise. He retained his fielding skill, however: playing for Prospect in the 1948–49 Adelaide season, he won the competition fielding prize with 62 points, well ahead of the second-placed player, Neil Dansie, on 39.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "War Will Interfere with Chances of These Bright Cricketers". Smith's Weekly: 6. 23 December 1939.
  2. ↑ Whitington, R. S. (11 November 1939). "Victorians Here Next Week". The Mail: 17.
  3. ↑ "First-class batting and fielding in each season by Tom Klose". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "First-class bowling in each season by Tom Klose". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Klose, Tom Elliott". World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Fielding Prize to Klose". Advertiser: 11. 1 April 1949.
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