Don O'Connor

Donald O'Connor (born 1958, Gilgandra, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer who played first class cricket for Tasmania and South Australia. He was a talented left-handed batsman, who played interstate cricket from 1981 until 1990.

Don O'Connor

Personal information
Full name	Donald Frederick Gregory O'Connor
Born	(1958-07-20) 20 July 1958 (age 67) Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989/90	Tasmania
1983/84–1987/88	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 35 19 Runs scored 1,806 436 Batting average 35.41 36.33 100s/50s 2/14 –/2 Top score 120 96* Balls bowled 121 – Wickets 2 – Bowling average 48.50 – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 1/2 – Catches/stumpings 20/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2011

O'Connor was raised on a farm outside Gilgandra. He was educated at Gilgandra's St Joseph's Catholic Primary School by the Sisters of St Joseph (the 'black Joeys'). From 1971 to 1974 he attended Gilgandra High School.^[1] His cricketing talent showed early during his school years and in high school he was selected in regional representative schoolboy teams.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers