Sydney Callaway

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1868–1923)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Sydney Callaway

| image = File:ST Callaway.jpg

| caption = Callaway in 1893

| fullname = Sydney Thomas Callaway

| birth_date = {{birth date|1868|02|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Redfern, New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|11|25|1868|02|06|df=yes}}

| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| international = true

| country = Australia

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 1 January

| testdebutyear = 1892

| lasttestdate = 11 January

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1895

| testcap = 60

| family = Richard Callaway (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| club1 = New South Wales

| year1 = {{nowrap|1888/89–1895/96}}

| club2 = Canterbury

| year2 = 1900/01–1906/07

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 87

| bat avg1 = 17.39

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 41

| deliveries1 = 471

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 23.66

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/37

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 62

| runs2 = 1,747

| bat avg2 = 16.79

| 100s/50s2 = 0/10

| top score2 = 86

| deliveries2 = 15,906

| wickets2 = 320

| bowl avg2 = 17.07

| fivefor2 = 33

| tenfor2 = 12

| best bowling2 = 8/33

| catches/stumpings2= 48/–

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4516.html Cricinfo

| date = 22 April

| year = 2023

}}

Sydney Thomas Callaway (6 February 1868 – 25 November 1923) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches, all of them against England in Australia in the 1890s. He was born at Redfern, New South Wales in 1868.

In 1891/92 he played in Sydney and Melbourne, and in 1894/95 he played in Adelaide where he took 5/37 in the first innings. In the Sydney Test, he was the second victim in a hat-trick by Johnny Briggs. He played in 62 first-class matches, taking 320 wickets at an average of just over 17 runs per wicket.

After he moved to New Zealand to play for Canterbury he also played several matches for New Zealand, including two against Australia, in the era before New Zealand played Test cricket. In the 1903–04 season in New Zealand he took 54 first-class wickets in five matches at an average of 8.77,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/145/f_Bowling_by_Season.html Sydney Callaway bowling by season] with a best analysis of 8 for 33 and 7 for 27, bowling unchanged throughout, in the match against Hawke's Bay,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6386.html Hawke's Bay v Canterbury 1903-04] as well as 5 for 94 and 6 for 4 against Wellington, when Wellington were dismissed for 22 in the second innings.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6382.html Wellington v Canterbury 1903-04]

At the time of his death, which came in Christchurch after a long illness, he was employed as a clerk for the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company. He left a widow, Mary, and a son.{{cite journal|title=Obituary: Mr S. T. Callaway|journal=Press|date=26 November 1923|page= 11|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19231126.2.105|accessdate=6 March 2018}}