Tim Wall

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{distinguish|Tim Walz}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tim Wall

| image = TimWall.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Thomas Welbourn Wall

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1904|5|13}}

| birth_place = Semaphore, South Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1981|3|26|1904|5|13}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 18

| runs1 = 121

| bat avg1 = 6.36

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 20

| deliveries1 = 4,812

| wickets1 = 56

| bowl avg1 = 35.89

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/14

| catches/stumpings1= 11/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 108

| runs2 = 1,071

| bat avg2 = 10.50

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 53*

| deliveries2 = 21,604

| wickets2 = 330

| bowl avg2 = 29.93

| fivefor2 = 10

| tenfor2 = 2

| best bowling2 = 10/36

| catches/stumpings2= 54/–

| international = true

| country = Australia

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 8 March

| testdebutyear = 1929

| testcap = 133

| lasttestdate = 20 July

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1934

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8142.html Cricinfo

| date = 22 December

| year = 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62566.html |title=5th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Mar 8–16, 1929 |accessdate=2011-12-18 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=114;type=trophy |title=Sheffield Shield: Best bowling figures in an innings |accessdate=25 February 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 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.