Ivor Clay

Ivor Clay
Personal information
Full name Ivor Thomas Clay
Date of birth 7 May 1915
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death 12 August 1958(1958-08-12) (aged 43)
Place of death Essendon, Victoria
Height / weight 193 cm / 90 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–1946 Fitzroy 31 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.

Ivor Thomas Clay (7 May 1915 – 12 August 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s and also a first-class cricketer for Tasmania.

Clay kicked 13 goals in his debut season at Fitzroy, in 1941, after making his debut in their round five game against Richmond. He was a semi regular in the team again the following year but from 1943 to 1946 his appearances were sporadic. As a result, he missed out on a place in Fitzroy's drought breaking 1944 premiership team, which his twin brother Bert played in.

Once his VFL career was over, Clay went to Tasmania and ended up playing three first-class cricket matches for the state, as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He took nine wickets at 37.77, among them Test opener Colin McDonald. Five of his wickets came on his debut when he played against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and included the best figures of his career; 3 for 64.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Victoria v Tasmania 1949/50". CricketArchive.

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