Tim Wall

Tim Wall
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Welbourn Wall
Born(1904-05-13)13 May 1904
Semaphore, South Australia
Died26 March 1981(1981-03-26) (aged 76)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 133)8 March 1929 v England
Last Test20 July 1934 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 18 108
Runs scored 121 1,071
Batting average 6.36 10.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 20 53*
Balls bowled 4,812 21,604
Wickets 56 330
Bowling average 35.89 29.93
5 wickets in innings 3 10
10 wickets in match 0 2
Best bowling 5/14 10/36
Catches/stumpings 11/– 54/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2021

Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall (13 May 1904 – 26 March 1981) was an Australian cricketer who played eighteen Test matches between 1929 and 1934. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against England in Melbourne.

Wall was a school teacher in Adelaide before and after his cricket career. He died in 1981 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Wall's 10–36 in February 1933 remains the best first-class figures recorded in Australia. It is also the only ten-wicket innings ever recorded for South Australia.

Wall's grandson Brett Swain played 23 first-class matches for South Australia from 1994 to 2001.