Sam Gannon

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Sam Gannon
Personal information
Born (1947-02-08)8 February 1947
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Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 290) 16 December 1977 v India
Last Test 7 January 1978 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1966/67–1978/79 Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 3 40 10
Runs scored 3 141 4
Batting average 3.00 6.40 4.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3* 20 3*
Balls bowled 726 3,565 617
Wickets 11 117 17
Bowling average 32.81 30.47 20.94
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/77 6/107 4/21
Catches/stumpings 3/– 19/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2020

John Bryant "Sam" Gannon OAM (8 February 1947 – 5 February 2021) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches during the 1977/78 season.[1]

Career

Gannon made his first-class debut for Western Australia in 1966–67, taking three wickets against Victoria[2] and 6/107 against South Australia.[3][4][5]

He played in the Shield-winning WA sides of 1967–68 and took seven wickets against the touring Indian side.[6][7]

In 1970–71 he took 4/41 against the touring English side.[8]

In 1971–72 he took 5/97 against Victoria.[9] WA won the Shield that year.

From November 1972 he did not play for WA for five years.

World Series Cricket and Test Selection

When World Series Cricket happened he was recalled to the West Australian side.[10] and had a strong season. He took four wickets against NSW[11] and 4/70 against India.[12]

He was called into the Australian side for the second Test against India replacing an injured Alan Hurst.[13]

He took 3/84 and 4/77 (including a spell of 4/13), helping Australia win by two wickets.[14] This effort meant Gannon kept his place for the next two Tests.[15]

He took only four wickets over the next two Tests, both of which Australia dropped.[16] Gannon was dropped for the 5th Test against India and subsequent tour of West Indies in favour of Ian Callen. According to one report, "Gannon captured 11 wickets at 32.82 in his three Tests, but most of his victims were tailenders, and the top order Indian batsmen seldom experienced difficulty against him.."[17]

At the beginning of the 1978–79 season, selector Neil Harvey said Gannon was a prospect for Test selection.[18] However he was not picked and the season turned out to be his last.

Post playing career

Following his retirement from cricket, Gannon became a highly successful businessman.[19]

Gannon was elected chairman of the Western Australian Cricket Association in August 2013.[20]

He died three days before his 74th birthday.

References

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