Michael Gandy (cricketer)
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| Full name | Michael George Gandy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1944 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mahatma[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1969 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WTests umpired | 1 (1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC umpired | 6 (1985–1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA umpired | 1 (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 15 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael George Gandy OAM (born 28 August 1944) is an Australian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in a tour match against West Indies in January 1969. He later became an umpire, officiating in one Women's Test, six first-class matches and one List A cricket match.[2][3]
Gandy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for service to cricket.[4] He served as a Cricket Tasmania board member for 16 years and helped found the Tasmanian cricket museum.[1] He has also written or compiled several books of Tasmanian cricket history, including History of the Development of Tasmanian Cricket Association First Class Cricket Grounds 1832-2002 (2002), Break O'Day: A Cricket Anthology: A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania (2008), Break O'Day: Cricket Anthology 2: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania's Newsletter (2017) and Tigers Roar: Celebrating 150 Years of the Tasmanian Cricket Association (2015, with Ric Finlay and Rick Smith).[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Glenorchy Cricket 90 Years - Episode 3 Mike Gandy". YouTube. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ↑ "Michael Gandy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Mike Gandy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ "Michael George Gandy". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ↑ "Tigers roar : celebrating 150 years of the Tasmanian Cricket Association". NLA. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
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