Anthony Short
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anthony Short
| image =
| country = New Zealand
| fullname = Anthony Warren Short
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Whangārei, New Zealand
| nickname =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Batsman
| club1 = Central Districts
| year1 = {{nowrap|1978/79–1979/80}}
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 30 December
| debutyear1 = 1978
| debutfor1 = Central Districts
| debutagainst1 = Auckland
| lastdate1 = 12 January
| lastyear1 = 1980
| lastfor1 = Central Districts
| lastagainst1 = Northern Districts
| type2 = LA
| onetype2 = true
| debutdate2 = 25 November
| debutyear2 = 1979
| debutfor2 = Central Districts
| debutagainst2 = Northern Districts
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 96
| bat avg1 = 19.20
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 33
| deliveries1 = 64
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 1
| runs2 = 2
| bat avg2 = 2.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 2
| deliveries2 = 7
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| date = 5 June
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22847/22847.html CricketArchive
}}
Anthony Warren Short (born 2 January 1953) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played three first class cricket matches and a single one day match for Central Districts between 1978 and 1980. A right-handed batsman, he struggled at first-class level, scoring only 96 runs from five innings – largely in a career-best knock of 33. He did, however, enjoy greater success as an all-rounder in District Cricket's Hawke Cup for Wairarapa, and as a bowler for Central District's under-23 team. He was also a very occasional right-arm medium bowler, who sent down a tidy yet wicket-less 64 balls.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38483.html|title=Player Profile: Anthony Short|work=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2009-06-05}}
Career
Short was born in January 1953 in Whangārei in Northland. He played for Wairarapa in the Hawke Cup between 1970 and 1988.{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22847/Other_matches.html|title=Other matches played by Anthony Short|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023225159/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22847/Other_matches.html|url-status=dead}} His achievements in the Hawke Cup of 1970/71 saw enough success to win him a place in the Central District's Under-23 team, for whom he played three matches, taking consecutive five-wicket-hauls.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/139/139509.html|title=Central Districts Under-23s v Northern Districts Under-23s - Rothman's Under-23 Tournament 1971/72|date=25 January 1972|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}}{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/139/139512.html|title= Auckland Under-23s v Central Districts Under-23s - Rothman's Under-23 Tournament 1971/72|date=27 January 1972|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} His efforts at this level earned him selection for his first match on 30 December 1978, having scored 75 and 105 against Nelson at the end of January,{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123649.html|title=Wairarapa v Nelson - Hawke Cup 1977/78 (Challenge Match)|date=30 January 1978|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} and 127 against Hutt Valley on 25 February.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123651.html|title=Wairarapa v Hutt Valley - Hawke Cup 1977/78 (Challenge Match)|date=27 February 1978|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} In his first match for the Central District Stags, against Auckland, he took a catch to dismiss John Wiltshire for 40 as Auckland reached 284. Opening the batting, Short's 20 was overshadowed by Test batsman Robert Anderson's 127; Central District closing their innings at 285/6 with a one-run lead. Short then took two further catches and bowled three economical – yet wicket-less – overs for four runs, and scored 15 as the match ended in a draw.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38773.html|title=Central Districts v Auckland - Shell Cup 1978/79|date=31 December 1978|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090620072925/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38773.html| archivedate= 20 June 2009 | url-status= live}}
Short returned to Wairarapa to score 60 and 99 against Poverty Bay at the end of January 1979,{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123653.html|title=Wairarapa v Poverty Bay - Hawke Cup 1978/79 (Challenge Match)|date=29 January 1979|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} and returned to Central Districts to face Otago in the final of the 1978/79 Shell Trophy. Otago, thanks largely to a knock of 222 by Ian Rutherford, scored 543/8 declared. Short, batting at six, scored 33 of the Stags' 275. Following on, only three runs were scored by the undefeated openers before the match ended as a draw.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38951.html|title=Central Districts v Otago - Shell Trophy 1978/79 (Final)|date=12 March 1979|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} He returned again to the Hawke Club prior to making his one-day debut against Northern Districts at Hamilton on 25 November 1979. He batted at seven, and was stumped for two as Central Districts collapsed to an eight-wicket defeat.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39782.html|title=Northern Districts v Central Districts - National Knockout 1979/80 (1st Round)|date=25 November 1979|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}}
Short returned for the final time to the Central Districts team to face Northern Districts in the 1979/1980 Shell Trophy, on 12 January 1980. Batting at six once more, he scored 13 and 15 as Northern Districts took a close-one wicket victory.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39889.html|title=Northern Districts v Central Districts - Shell Trophy 1979/80|date=14 January 1980|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} Short continued to play for Wairarapa in the next few years, including a match on 10 January 1981, where he took three wickets for 64 runs and scored a century.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/127/127967.html|title=Wairarapa v Hutt Valley - Hawke Cup 1980/81 (Elimination Match)|date=12 January 1981|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-06-05}} His final match, against Southland, took place in February 1988.
Notes
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=38483}}
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Category:Cricketers from Whangārei